Pan-Africanism and international law / / Abdulqawi A. Yusuf.

• Superior document: The Pocket Books of The Hague Academy of International Law / Les livres de poche de l'Académie de droit international de La Haye
• VerfasserIn: Yusuf, Abdulqawi,
• Place / Publishing House: [Hague, Netherlands] : : Hague Academy of International Law,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: The Pocket Books of The Hague Academy of International Law / Les livres de poche de l'Académie de droit international de La Haye 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Also available as an e-book Pan-Africanism offers a unique vantage point to study Africa’s encounters with international law : first, as a continent whose political entities were excluded from the scope of application of the Eurocentric version of international law that was applied among the self-st...

Table of Contents

• Copyright; Pan-Africanismand International Law; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction ; Chapter I. The origins and evolution of Pan-Africanism; A. The origins of Pan-Africanism in the diaspora; B. Pan-Africanism in independent Africa: fightingfor total decolonization; C. Pan-Africanism under the African Union:fostering democratization and development; Chapter II. Pan-Africanism and the jus publicum Europaeum; A. International law and the jus publicum Europaeum; B. The jus publicum Europaeum and the colonizationof Africa
• C. Early signs of collision between Pan-Africanismand the jus publicum EuropaeumChapter III. Pan-Africanism and the emergence ofAfrican States as subjects of international law; A. Concerted action to effect change in international law; B. Rejection or resistance to certain rules andprinciples; C. Ambivalence and eclecticism towards otherrules; D. A desire to reform old rules and influence theemergence of new rules; 1. The right of peoples to self-determination; 2. The legality of assistance to liberationmovements and the use of armed force incolonial situations
• 3. The succession of States to treaties4. The formulation of the concept of anExclusive Economic Zone in the law of the Sea ; Chapter IV. The institutional and normative evolutionof Pan-Africanism: from the Organizationof African Unity to the African Union; A. Rekindling the African peoples ' aspirationsfor stronger unity and solidarity; B. Eliminating the scourge of internal conflicts; C. Protecting human and peoples' rights and promotinggood governance and the rule of law; D. Building partnerships between Governmentsand civil society
• Chapter V. Pan-Africanism and the African publiclaw: fostering innovative rules and principlesA. The innovative principles of the AU ConstitutiveAct: some illustrative examples; 1. The right of the Union to intervene in aMember State; 2. Prohibition of unconstitutional changes ofgovernment; 3. Respect for democratic principles and goodgovernance; B. Other innovative binding instruments: theKampala Convention; C. Introducing collective rights into positive law:the right to development
• Chapter VI. The African public law and internationallaw: broadening the scope of application ofinternational rulesA. The specificities of the African Conventionon Refugees; B. The added value of the African Charter on theRights and Welfare of the Child; C. The supplementary character of the AfricanProtocol on the Rights of Women; D. Broadening the scope of environmental protection:the Bamako Convention; Chapter VII. Final observations; Bibliography ; About the author; Biographical note; Principal publications