Africa's Human Rights Architecture
Presenting a critical examination of the evolution of Africa’s human rights in the post-Cold War era, this collection methodically explores the challenges of achieving human rights on this continent. The chapters provide a uniquely pan-African perspective on the achievements, failings, accomplishments, and deficiencies of the various human rights activists and institutions seeking to improve the lives of Africa’s 800 million inhabitants. The contributors to this...
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Presenting a critical examination of the evolution of Africa’s human rights in the post-Cold War era, this collection methodically explores the challenges of achieving human rights on this continent. The chapters provide a uniquely pan-African perspective on the achievements, failings, accomplishments, and deficiencies of the various human rights activists and institutions seeking to improve the lives of Africa’s 800 million inhabitants. The contributors to this multidisciplinary volume are all active in the arena of African human rights and come from fields of expertise as wide-ranging as law, politics, gender studies, international relations, economics, and history.
Contributors viiForeword xiAcknowledgements xivTerms, Acronyms and Abbreviations xviIntroduction: Human Rights Actors and Institutions in Africa John Akokpari 1Part 1 Conceptual Issues and Africa's Human Rights FrameworkChapter 1 The Conundrum of Development and Human Rights in Africa Paul Tiyambe Zeleza 24Chapter 2 Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect in Africa Jeremy Sarkin 45Chapter 3 Human Rights and Human Security in Post-9/11 Africa John Akokpari 68Chapter 4 Aluta Continua: The Struggle for Human Rights and Democratic Governance in Africa Siphamandla Zondi 89Chapter 5 Women's Rights as Human Rights in Africa Yaliwe Clarke 104Part 2 National Institutions, Civil Society Actors and Human RightsChapter 6 Between the Insidious and the Sanitised: National Human Rights Institutions and Human Rights Language in Africa Daniel Shea Zimbler 120Chapter 7 National Human Rights Institutions and the Promotion of Democracy and Development in Africa Cameron Jacobs 149Chapter 8 Civil Society and the Promotion of Human Rights in Africa Nobuntu Mbelle 163Part 3 Continental And Sub-Regional Human Rights InstitutionsChapter 9 The African Commission and Court under the African Human Rights System Muna Ndulo 182Chapter 10 The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Mireille Affa'a Mindzie 204Chapter 11 African Sub-regional Human Rights Courts: the ECOWAS Court of Justice, the SADC Tribunal and the EAC Court of Justice in Comparative Perspective Abdul Rahman Lamin 233Part 4 External Actors and Human Rights in AfricaChapter 12 The United Nations and Human Rights in Africa James OC Jonah 246Chapter 13The United States 'Global War on Terror', Human Rights, and the Responsibility to Protect in Africa Mwesiga Baregu 262Conclusion: Africa: Towards an Effective Human Rights Architecture? Daniel Shea Zimbler 284
