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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Human rights Africa"”.
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The African Union and the right to peace and security
"Peace and security in Africa is defined as the condition for elaborating the humanity of Africans and the promise of the place of Africa in economic reconstruction in the next centruy. Apart from being a recognised right in the African human rights system, it is also present amongst the objectives …
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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 …
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The contribution of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to the development and enforcement of international humanitarian law in Africa
… ICTR is developing and enforcing international humanitarian law (IHL). Already it has successfully sent out a clear message to leaders worldwide that gross human rights violations of this nature will no longer go unpunished, providing a form of deterrence. The ICTR continues to develop a rich …
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The right of sexual minorities under the African human rights system
"The protection of the rights of sexual minorities in many countries in Africa is a controversial issue. It is not unusual to find newspaper reports on gross violations suffered by this minority group. Gays and lesbians are victims of violence, sometimes resulting in death. Sexual minorities in …
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A Preventive Approach to Post-Election Conflicts in Contemporary Africa
… the author hypothesizes that (H1): In Africa, countries that use majoritarian electoral systems are more likely to experience post-election conflicts than are countries that use proportional electoral systems, (H2): In Africa, countries that use majoritarian electoral systems are more …
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Socio-economic rights in Africa: a critical evaluation of legal protection mechanisms and Implementation strategies
… broad consensus that civil and political rights on the one hand, and socio-economic rights on the other, are ingenerated and indivisible. Taken together, they embody the cardinal norms which inform modem human rights systems as expressed through the lntemational Bill of Rights as well as …