Protecting human security in Africa / edited by Ademola Abass.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abass, Ademola.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Africa.

Human rights.

Social policy.

Human security.

Africa.

Civil rights--Africa.

Civil rights.

Human security--Africa.

Africa--Social policy.

Africa--Social conditions--21st century.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 397 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Contents:

Introduction to protecting human security in Africa / Ademola Abass

Food security in Africa / Opeoluwa Badaru

Environmental security in Africa / Ilias Bantekas

Understanding the nexus between human security and small arms in Africa : the case of Ghana / Kwesi Aning

ILO and 'human security' of sub-Saharan African labour / Ben Chigara

Natural resource management and human security in Africa / Abiodun Alao

Piracy off Somalia : the 'emperors and the thieves of the oceans' in the 21st century / Efthymios Papastavridis

Human security and the protection of refugees in Africa / Maria O'Sullivan

Human rights of women in Africa : a prerequisite for human security / Manisuli Ssenyonjo

Corruption as a threat to human security in Africa / Ebenezer Durojaye

African peace and security architecture and the protection of human security / Ademola Abass

Role of the human and peoples' rights section of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights / Gino J. Naldi

African Commission on Human and Peoples' rights as a collective human security resource : promise, performance, and prospects / Obior Chinedu Okafor

Role of NGOs and civil society in advancing human security in Africa / Rachel Murray

Future of human security in Africa / Ademola Abass.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-373) and index.

ISBN:

9780199578986

0199578982

OCLC:

500799738