The African Human Rights System : : Its Laws, Practice and Institutions / / Vincent O. Nmehielle.

This volume is a comprehensive treatment of the African human rights system in terms of the laws, practice, and institutions of the system. The volume discusses, analyzes, and evaluates normative instruments of the African system: the Charter of the Organization of the African Unity (OAU), and the A...

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Superior document:International Studies in Human Rights ; 69
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2002.
Year of Publication:2002
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:International Studies in Human Rights ; 69.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword. Summary of Contents. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Legal Instruments and Documents. List of Cases. Introduction. 1. Background to Human Rights in Africa. 2. Normative Instruments of the African Human Rights System. 3. Institutional Structure of the African Human System. 4. Procedures of the African Commission. 5. Reforming the African Human Rights System. 6. The Protocol on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. 7. Non-Governmental Human Rights Organizations and the African Human Rights System. Conclusions. Select Bibliography. Appendices. I: The Charter of the OAU. II: The Constitutive Act of the African Union. III: The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. IV: The Rules of Procedure of the African Commission. V: The Protocol on the Establishment of an African Court for Human and Peoples' Rights. Index.