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Title The African regional human rights system : 30 years after the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / edited by Manisuli Ssenyonjo
Published Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xliv, 583 pages)
Series International studies in human rights ; v. 107
International studies in human rights ; v. 107.
Contents pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Rights and duties in the African charter -- pt. 3. Rights of the vulnerable under the African system -- pt. 4. Implementation mechanisms for human rights in Africa -- pt. 5. Conclusion: towards an effective African regional human rights system
Summary The African human rights system has undergone some remarkable developments since the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, the cornerstone of the African human rights system, in June 1981. The year 2011 marked the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter. It also marked 25 years since the African Charter entered into force on 21 October 1986. This book aims to provide reflections on most of the major human rights issues in the past 30 years of the African human rights system in practice and discussion on the future: the African Charter's impact and contribution to the respect, protection and promotion of human rights in Africa; the contemporary challenges faced by the African Human rights system in responding adequately to the demands of rapidly evolving African societies; and how the African human rights system can be strengthened in the future to ensure that the human rights protected in the African Charter, as developed in the jurisprudence of the African Commission since the Commission was inaugurated in 1987, are realised in practice. The chapters in this volume bring together the work of 20 human rights scholars and practitioners, with expertise in human rights in Africa, under the following general themes: rights and duties in the African Charter; rights of the vulnerable under the African system; implementation mechanisms for human rights in Africa; and towards an effective African regional human rights system
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-565) and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (1981 June 27)
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (1981 June 27) fast
African Charter on Human and People's Rights (1981) nli
Subject Human rights -- Africa
Civil rights -- Africa
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Human rights
Civil rights
Africa
Form Electronic book
Author Ssenyonjo, Manisuli.
LC no. 2011046186
ISBN 9789004218154
9004218157
1283395894
9781283395892
9786613395894
6613395897