Human Rights in Africa: Enhancing Human Rights Through the African Regional Human Rights System /

Human Rights in Africa: Enhancing Human Rights Through the African Regional Human Rights System / / George Mugwanya.

The author argues that although the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the role the United Nations plays in promoting global awareness of human rights has had a positive influence in Africa, their institutional, financial and political impediments undercut the ability of a global system to ad...

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Mugwanya, George
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2003.
Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Chapter 1: General Introduction
  • Chapter 2: The Human Rights Revolution and the Theoretical Promise of Regional Human Rights Systems
  • Chapter 3: Human Rights in Africa
  • Chapter 4: Efforts to Realize Human Rights in Africa Through
  • the Global System
  • Chapter 5: The OAU and Human Rights Before 1981
  • Chapter 6: The Origins and Content of the African Charter on
  • Human And Peoples. Rights
  • Chapter 7: Functioning of the AFCHPR and Its Relevance to Uganda and South Africa
  • Chapter 8: Improving the African Regional Human Rights System: Appraisal, Recommendations and Conclusions
  • General Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Table of Cases
  • Table of Legislation, Treaties and Other International Documents;Index.

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