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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Human Rights in Africa"”.
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The protection of human rights in Africa
Human rights are rights which a person has or should have by virtue of his being a human being. This implies that a state should allow a certain measure of individual liberty- Although the idea of human rights has become accepted in the international community, the observance of human rights varies …
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The impact of military rule upon fundamental human rights in Africa (Ghana and Nigeria
Kilitary coups in Africa hava emerged on the continent only after the acquisition of political indepcndence froma colonial rulers The following independent African countries have experienced a military coups and government more thnn one occasion - Algeria , Burundi and Congo~Braszaville, "Zaire, …
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The impact of military rule upon fundamental human rights in Africa (Ghana and Nigeria
Kilitary coups in Africa hava emerged on the continent only after the acquisition of political indepcndence froma colonial rulers The following independent African countries have experienced a military coups and government more thnn one occasion - Algeria , Burundi and Congo~Braszaville, "Zaire, …
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The Organisation of African Unity and the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa
The adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (AFCHPR) on 17 June 1981 by the O. A. U. Assembly of Heads of States and Government is, singly, the most significant act in the field of Human Rights protection in Africa. The Charter entered into force on 21 October 1986. These …
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The role of African traditional religion in the promotion of human rights
This study examines the role of African traditional religion in the promotion of human rights in Africa generally and among the Shona people of Zimbabwe in particular.
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Is the African Union’s decision on the ICC and the adoption of Article 46A Bis of the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human rights unlawful under international law?
The proceedings brought against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto for post-election election violence in 2007 by the International Criminal Court has resulted in action by the African Union that undermines individual criminal responsibility for heads of state and …
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Is the African Union’s decision on the ICC and the adoption of Article 46A Bis of the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights unlawful under international law?
The proceedings brought against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto for post-election election violence in 2007 by the International Criminal Court has resulted in action by the African Union that undermines individual criminal responsibility for heads of state and …
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The danger of the single legal story: the effects of international human rights legalization on land issues in Africa
The order of ideas herein presented constitutes a decolonial critique of the constraints inherent in international human rights law, upheld as the gold standard for safeguarding the rights of rural communities in the context of resource extraction within the African landscape. The objective is to …
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An immanent critique of the African regional human rights system: Theory, practice and reforms
This thesis is an immanent critique of the African human rights system. It, therefore, examines the practice of human rights as set by the African people as opposed to purely external transcendental forms of critique. This is carried out by studying the theory of the African regional human rights …
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Individual and collective rights in Africa and their interrelationships with economics and politics
This thesis examines the relationships between various groups of human rights, and the effect of globalization and the state on human rights protection. Two hypotheses are examined in path analysis of fifty-two African counties. The first hypothesis considers the proposition that economic, social, …
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A human rights approach to combating corruption in Africa : appraising the AU Convention using Nigeria and South Africa
"In Africa, the struggle for human rights shares a great deal of common ground with the struggle against corruption. In fighting to improve the lot of a majority of the world's population, one must recognise that the fight for social and economic rights is often intimately linked to the fight …