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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"African Union (AU)"”.
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African solutions to African problems: An assessment of the African Union (AU)'s policy implementation for peace and security in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2004
… the challenges of sustaining security and peace. African leaders, who set out with the ideals of the iconic Nkrumah's ‘Pan-Africanism' of the 1950s, as committed to in the launching of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963, sought permanent solutions to problems rooted in this decolonial …
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The crossroads of justice : Sudan, the African Union and the International Criminal Court
… by the International Criminal Court (ICC), the African Union (AU) passed a declaration of non-cooperation with the ICC. While all of the other cases in which the ICC had been involved also were located on the African continent, the AU's declaration was the first time any collective of African …
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Balancing state sovereignty and the protection of human rights: a case study on the impact of the requirements of state consent and the exercise of political will on the functioning of the human rights systems of the African Union and the Southern African Development Community
… functioning of organizations such as the African Union (‘AU') and the Southern African Development Community (‘SADC'). This thesis proposes that the less significant the impact of voluntariness is on a regional or sub-regional human rights system, the more effective it will be in its role …
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Role of SADC'S peace keeping mission : a case study of South Africa in the Lesotho conflict
… Africa's rationalist claim that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) sanctioned the armed intervention, and that it was aimed at promoting democracy and stability. Realists interpret world politics as a struggle for power and survival in the anarchic world. The report therefore …
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The rights of African landlocked States under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea: real or illusory rights?
… Convention. Thereafter, with a special focus on African landlocked countries, the dissertation seeks to determine the extent to which these particular States have been able to exercise the rights to access the sea, to participate in the exploitation of the living resources of their neighbouring …
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The ICC-African union relationship: in the interest of justice, or a continuation of politics by other means?
… examines the evolving relationship between the African Union (AU) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), with a specific focus on issues of head of state immunity, sovereignty, and the principle of complementarity. The study centers on ICC interventions in African countries with weak …
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Die Auswirkungen irregulärer Migration auf die Europäisch-Afrikanischen Beziehungen : Partnerschaft auf Augenhöhe? Anspruch und Wirklichkeit der Kooperation
… vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Frage, welche Auswirkung die Zunahme irregulärer Migration aus den Gebieten Afrikas südlich der Sahara in die Europäische Union (EU) auf die politischen Beziehungen der Regionen zueinander hat. Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten zu internationaler und irregulärer …
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Peacekeeping Operations in West Africa: Mechanisms of Cooperation between the United Nations and ECOWAS with the case studies concerning the crises in Liberia and The Gambia
<p>The African continent has significantly suffered from a great number of civil wars and armed conflicts since the beginning of the independence era in late 1960s. On May 28, 1975, the creation of a regional The African continent has significantly suffered from a great number of civil wars and …
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Adoption of a Digital Currency Towards a Singular Continental Market: A Catalyst for African Economic Integration and Revolutionising Pan-African Trade Payment Systems
… integration and facilitate cross-boundary trade. African states, recognising this potential, are exploring the creation of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to harness the advantages of decentralised technology while maintaining regulatory oversight. The inherent nature of CBDCs makes them …
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The Potential Impact on Trade of a Monetary Union in Southern Africa
… integration in the context of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). This dissertation seeks to examine the potential bilateral trade volume within SADC, that can be generated as a result of a hypothetical SADC currency union and to analyse its importance for policy. It can serve …
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A historical analysis of South Africa’s post-1994 multilateral drive in selected international multilateral organisations
… include the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU), the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa bloc (BRICS). In connection with these relations that the country has made thus far, there have been little studies that account and …
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(De)legitimizing rape as a weapon of war: patriarchy, narratives and the African Union
The African continent has over the past 40 years witnessed a continued scourge of violent conflict and human rights abuses. These conflicts have significantly undermined the social, political, and economic prosperity of African citizens. Additionally, women and children are particularly affected by …
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Supranational organisations and cross-national policy convergence: the case of biosafety in southern Africa
… aid crisis. The study examined the roles the African Union (AU), the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), who, together with other regional and international bodies have initiated processes to assist the 14-country SADC region …
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Improving the human rights accountability of multinational corporations in the oil and gas industry: a case study of Nigeria.
… Nigeria. It advocates the strengthening of the African Charter. This is because the current regulation models have not recorded significant successes in holding MNCs accountable in Africa and Nigeria specifically. The void created in the regulatory sector by the non-performance of government …
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From OAU to AU: Territoriality in African Regional Politics
… is asserted, practiced, and imagined by the African Union(AU) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in ways that simultaneously constitute and support national territoriality. That is, national territoriality has been co-existent and co-constituted with continental territoriality since …
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An analysis of the counterterrorism (CT) and counterinsurgency (COIN) operations employed by African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to counter the threat of al-Shabaab in Somalia (2007- 2016)
… than ten years after the deployment of the first African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops to Mogadishu, it is imperative that an in-depth analysis is conducted to examine whether the troops have reduced the threat of al-Shabaab in Somalia and the region. This analysis is especially …
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Au Norm Import in the European Promotion of Regional Integration in Africa
The relation between the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) is the most institutionalised interregional relationship in the world. The EU, being a crucial external agent in African regional integration, exports open regionalism as a political norm through different mechanisms to the AU. …
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From OAU To AFCTA - Analysing The Prospects For Economic Development In Africa
On the 21st March 2018, leaders from across the African continent met at an extraordinary summit of the African Union (AU) in Kigali, Rwanda to sign a deal for the formation of an African continental free trade area (AfCFTA). This step is perhaps the biggest leap towards the age-long dream of …
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Self-determination of peoples in the context of supranational governance
… aspirations within Spain in the European Union (EU), and continued efforts to enable a second Scottish referendum on independence in post-Brexit times show the continued salience of self-determination even in mature democracies. What both cases have in common, is that both regions aspire …
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Institutional Counterinsurgency Frameworks in Africa’s Lake Chad Basin and the Operations of the Multinational Joint Task Force Against Boko Haram
… the Lake Chad Basin and Benin Republic with the African Union (AU) as its strategic partner. The MNJTF’s member states are split between the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). Nigeria, Niger, and Benin Republic are …
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