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The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights : the system in practice, 1986-2000 / edited by Malcolm D. Evans and Rachel Murray.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human rights--Africa.
- Human rights.
- African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (1981 June 27).
- African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (419 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Collaborators to this volume include experts involved in the implementation of the Charter - commissioners, NGOs and academics. Chapters cover the reporting system, the Commission's interpretation of different rights, and prospects for the African Court on Human and People's Rights. Of interest to lawyers for government and non-governmental organizations, academics and postgraduates.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; TABLE OF CASES; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 FUTURE TRENDS IN HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICA: THE INCREASED ROLE OF THE OAU?; 2 THE REPORTING MECHANISM OF THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS; 3 ADMISSIBILITY UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER; 4 EVIDENCE AND FACT-FINDING BY THE AFRICAN COMMISSION; 5 CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IN THE AFRICAN CHARTER; 6 IMPLEMENTING ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS
- 7 THE CHALLENGE OF CULTURE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICA: THE AFRICAN CHARTER IN A COMPARATIVE CONTEXT8 NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE AFRICAN SYSTEM; 9 THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS IN THE AFRICAN SYSTEM; 10 THE AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS; 11 THE PROMOTIONAL ROLE OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS; APPENDIX 1 AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS; APPENDIX 2 PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS; APPENDIX 3 GRAND BAY (MAURITIUS) DECLARATION AND PLAN OF ACTION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-390) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-13063-8
- 1-280-41512-6
- 1-139-14713-7
- 0-511-17995-2
- 0-511-06344-X
- 0-511-05711-3
- 0-511-32626-2
- 0-511-07190-6
- OCLC:
- 613336291
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