International law and domestic human rights litigation in Africa / / Magnus Killander (editor).

• TeilnehmendeR: Killander, Magnus.
• Language: English

"African civil law countries are traditionally described as monist and common law countries as dualist. This book illustrates that the monism-dualism dichotomy is too simplistic, in particular in the field of human rights. Academics and practitioners from across the continent illustrate how d...

Table of Contents

• International law and domestic human rights litigation in Africa : an introduction / Magnus Killander & Horace Adjolohoun
• Navigating past the 'dualist doctrine' : the case for progessive jurisprudence on the application of international human rights norms in Kenya / J Osogo Ambani
• An examination of the use of international law as an interpretative tool in human rights litigation in Ghana and Botswana / Emmanuel K Quansah
• The place of international law in human rights litigation in Tanzania / Chacha Bhoke Murungu
• Domestication of international human rights law in Zambia / Michelo Harsungule
• The application of international human rights in the Ugandan judicial system : a critical enquiry / Busungye Kabumba
• International law and human rights litigation in Côte d'Ivoire and Benin / Armand Tanoh & Horace Adjolohoun
• Equality has no mother but sisters : the preference for comparative law over international law in the equality jurisprudence in Namibia / Dunia P Zongwe
• Litigating the right to health in Nigeria : challenges and prospects / Ebenezer Durojaye
• The role of international law in the development of children's rights in South Africa : a children's rights litigator's perspective / Karabo Ngidi
• La Convention contre la torture et son application au niveau national : Le cas du Sénégal dans l'affaire Hissène Habré / Fatou Kama Marone
• The role of national human rights institutions in promoting international law in domestic legal systems : case study of the Unganda Human Rights Commission / Kenechukwu C Esom.