Human Rights Under African Constitutions : : Realizing the Promise for Ourselves / / ed. by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im.
Some of the most massive and persistent violations of human rights occur in African nations. In Human Rights Under African Constitutions: Realizing the Promise for Ourselves, scholars from a wide range of fields present a sober, systematic assessment of the prospects for legal protection of human ri...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015 |
---|---|
HerausgeberIn: | |
MitwirkendeR: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] ©2003 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
|
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (448 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Ethiopia -- Chapter 3. Ghana -- Chapter 4. Guinea -- Chapter 5. Morocco -- Chapter 6. Mozambique -- Chapter 7. Nigeria -- Chapter 8. Rwanda -- Chapter 9. South Africa -- Chapter 10. Sudan -- Chapter 11. Uganda -- Contributors -- Index |
---|---|
Summary: | Some of the most massive and persistent violations of human rights occur in African nations. In Human Rights Under African Constitutions: Realizing the Promise for Ourselves, scholars from a wide range of fields present a sober, systematic assessment of the prospects for legal protection of human rights in Africa. In a series of detailed and highly contextual studies of Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, and Uganda, experts seek to balance the socioeconomic and political diversity of these nations while using the same theoretical framework of legal analysis for each case study.Standards for human rights protection can be realized only through direct and strong support from a nation's legal and political institutions. The contributors to this volume uniformly conclude that a well-informed and motivated citizenry is the most powerful force for creating the political will necessary to effect change at the national level. In addition to a critical evaluation of the current state of human rights protection in each of these African nations, the contributors outline existing national resources available for protecting human rights and provide recommendations for more effective and practical use of these resources. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780812201109 9783110638721 9783110413458 9783110413526 9783110459548 |
DOI: | 10.9783/9780812201109 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im. |