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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820867403321

Autore

Mbondenyi Morris Kiwinda

Titolo

International human rights and their enforcement in Africa / / Morris Kiwinda Mbondenyi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Nairobi, Kenya : , : LawAfrica Pub., , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

9966-53-002-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiii, 496 p. )

Soggetti

Human rights - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [465]-496).

Nota di contenuto

A review of the concept and philosophy of human rights -- Human rights in Africa -- Historical dimensions of the African system on human and people's rights -- The Consultative Act of the African Union -- The African Charter on Human and People's Rights -- The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child -- The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peopl'es Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa -- The African Union and its organ -- The African Commission on Human and People's Rights -- The African  Court on Human and People's Rights -- African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child -- Normative challenges and reforms to Africa's regional human rights system -- Institutional challenges and reforms under the African human rights system -- Mainstreaming and rationalising the African human rights system.