African Human Rights System: Origin and Evolution
In this study, Kofi Oteng Kufuor challenges the previous scholarship on the origins of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. He applies economic and social theory to the African Commission's dynamic treaty interpretation and to the Commission's strategic manipulation of the Rules of Procedure to strengthen the African human rights system. This volume also focuses on the proliferation of human rights law across the continent and the penetration of the system's norms into the...
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This book challenges the received scholarship on the origins of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The author applies economic and social theory to understanding the African Commission’s dynamic treaty interpretation, and the Commission’s strategic manipulation of the Rules of Procedure to strengthen the African human rights system.
Acknowledgments viiIntroduction 11 The Origin of the African Human Rights System 112 The African Commission and the Rewriting of the African Charter 373 The African Commission and Its Treatment of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights 614 System Evolution through the African Commission's Rules of Procedure 815 The Fragmentation of the African Human Rights System 996 The Future Direction of the African Human Rights System 121Notes 147Index 179
