The African challenge to global death penalty abolition : international human rights norms in local perspective / Andrew Novak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Novak, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Capital punishment.

Human rights--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Human rights.

International law and human rights.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 204 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Intersentia, 2016.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

In this impressive study Professor Novak distances himself from generalizations that have often led to wrong conclusions and undertakes an objective analysis.' From the foreword by Dr. Aim� Muyoboke Karimunda, Justice, Supreme Court of RwandaAlthough the influence and opinions of political elites, civil society, and the general public vary widely, the death penalty is universally in decline throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Today, the death penalty is a site of accommodation and resistance to international human rights norms between African governments and the Global North. As in debates over membership in the International Criminal Court and legal protections for sexual minorities, some leaders resist death penalty abolition as "imposed" by the Global North, though the modern death penalty in Africa is a product of European colonialism. However, Sub-Saharan Africa is not a passive subject of global death penalty abolition driven by Europe. Courts around the continent have made important contributions to global death penalty jurisprudence and members of civil society have engaged in novel and successful strategies against the death penalty. In addition, precolonial notions of punishment and criminal responsibility in Africa have influenced debates over the death penalty, including whether to provide compensation to victims of crime. This book explores the African contribution to the global death penalty debate and lessons for the international death penalty abolition movement.

Contents:

An overview of the death penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Gambia

Ghana

Botswana

Lesotho and Swaziland

Zimbabwe

Kenya

Uganda.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Dec 2017).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781780685465

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