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International Human Rights and their Enforcement in Africa.
Whilst the establishment of the African human rights system was a good gesture that signalled the recognition of the value and essence of international human rights in the continent, a continuous study of the system has become necessary. This is particularly in light of the fact that the continent i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
LawAfrica Publishing Ltd,
2011.
©2011 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface; List of Acronyms; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Introduction; PART I
- PHILOSOPHICAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS INAFRICA; CHAPTER 1
- A REVIEW OF THE CONCEPT ANDPHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN RIGHTS; 1.1 DEFINITION, CLASSIFICATION AND SCOPE OFHUMAN RIGHTS; 1.1.1 DEFINITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS; 1.1.2 CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS; 1.1.3 Scope of Human Rights; 1.2 Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights; 1.2.1 Natural Law (Rights) Theory; 1.2.2 Positivist Theory; 1.2.3 Marxist Theory.
- 1.3 Internationalisation of Human RightsChapter 2: Human Rights in Africa; 2.1 Human Rights in Pre-colonial Africa; 2.1.1 The Nature of Africa's Pre-colonial Societies; 2.1.2 Arguments on the Existence of Human Rightsin Pre-colonial Africa; 2.1.3 The African Concept of Human Rights; 2.2 The Status of Human Rights in Africa duringthe Slave Trade Period; 2.3 Human Rights in Colonial Africa; 2.3.1 The Status of Human Rights under theIndirect-rule System; 2.3.2 The Status of Human Rights under theDirect-rule/Paternalism System; 2.3.3 The Status of Human Rights under theAssimilation System.
- 2.4 Human Rights in Post-colonial AfricaChapter 3: Historical Dimensions of the AfricanSystem on Human and Peoples' Rights; 3.1 The Emergence and Role of the OAU inHuman Rights Protection in Africa; 3.2 The Emergence of Africa's RegionalHuman Rights Mechanisms; 3.3 The Evolution of the African Human RightsSystem to its Present Status; 3.3.1 The Transformation of the OAU to AU; 3.3.2 The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and theAfrican Peer Review Mechanism (APRM); 3.3.3 The Establishment of the African Court onHuman and Peoples' Rights.
- Part II: The Normative Instruments of the AfricanSystem on Human and Peoples' RightsChapter 4: The Constitutive Act of the AfricanUnion; 4.1 Structure and Features of the Constitutive Actof the AU; 4.2 Human and Peoples' Rights under theConstitutive Act; 4.2.1Human and Peoples' Rights in the Objectives of the Constitutive Act; 4.2.2Human and Peoples' Rights under the Principles of the Constitutive Act; Chapter 5: The African Charter on Human andPeoples' Rights; 5.1 Structure and Salient Features of theAfrican Charter; 5.2 Individuals' Rights under the African Charter.
- 5.2.1 Civil and Political Rights5.2.2.1 Right to Non-discrimination; 5.2.1.2 Right to Life and Integrity of the Person; 5.2.1.3 Right against all Forms of Slavery, Slave Trade, Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment; 5.2.1.4 Right to Liberty and Security of the Person; 5.2.1.5 Right to a Fair Trial; 5.2.1.6 Right to Freedom of Conscience and Religion; 5.2.1.7 Right to Freedom of Expression; 5.2.1.8 Right to Freedom of Association; 5.2.1.9 Right to Freedom of Assembly; 5.2.1.10 Right to Freedom of Movement; 5.2.1.11 Right to Participate in the Government ofOne's Country.