The African regional human rights system : 30 years after the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights /
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff publishers, 2012. |
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| Description: | xliv, 583 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International studies in human rights ; v. 107 International studies in human rights ; v. 107. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8683737 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Foreword: The African Human Rights System: 30 Years after the Adoption of the ACHPR
- List of Contributors
- List of African Court and African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Cases
- List of African Union Instruments
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Activity Reports of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights 1987-2010
- Part I. Introduction
- Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Development of the African Regional Human Rights System: 30 Years after the Adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
- Part II. Rights and Duties in the African Charter
- Chapter 2. Civil and Political Rights in the African Charter
- Chapter 3. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the African Charter
- Chapter 4. Group Rights under the African Charter on Human and People's Rights: Concept, Praxis and Prospects
- Chapter 5. Scope of Individual Duties in the African Charter
- Part III. Rights of the Vulnerable under the African System
- Chapter 6. Women's Human Rights in Africa
- Chapter 7. Children's Rights in Africa
- Chapter 8. Rights of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
- Chapter 9. Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Africa
- Chapter 10. The Rights of Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities in Africa
- Part IV. Implementation Mechanisms for Human Rights in Africa
- Chapter 11. The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
- Chapter 12. The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Chapter 13. From the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights to the African Court of Justice and Human Rights
- Chapter 14. Human Rights Realisation in the African Sub-Regional Institutions
- Chapter 15. International Criminal Tribunals in Africa
- Chapter 16. The International Criminal Court and Africa
- Chapter 17. The Protection of Women's Human Rights by Domestic Courts in Africa: A Perspective from Uganda
- Part V. Conclusion: Towards an Effective African Regional Human Rights System
- Chapter 18. Tentative Reflections on the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
- Chapter 19. Institutional Mainstreaming and Rationalisation
- Chapter 20. Strengthening the African Regional Human Rights System
- Appendix 1. African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
- Appendix 2. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Appendix 3. Protocol to the African Charter on Human And Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
- Appendix 4. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
- Appendix 5. Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights
- Appendix 6. List of Countries which have signed, ratified/acceded to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights as at 6 August 2010
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
