Human Rights Under African Constitutions : Realizing the Promise for Ourselves / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

An-Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmed, editor.

Series:

Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rule of law--Africa.

Rule of law.

Human rights--Africa.

Human rights.

Africa--Politics and government.

Africa.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Some of the most massive and persistent violations of human rights occur in African nations. In Human Rights Under African Constitutions: Realizing the Promise for Ourselves, scholars from a wide range of fields present a sober, systematic assessment of the prospects for legal protection of human rights in Africa. In a series of detailed and highly contextual studies of Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, and Uganda, experts seek to balance the socioeconomic and political diversity of these nations while using the same theoretical framework of legal analysis for each case study.Standards for human rights protection can be realized only through direct and strong support from a nation's legal and political institutions. The contributors to this volume uniformly conclude that a well-informed and motivated citizenry is the most powerful force for creating the political will necessary to effect change at the national level. In addition to a critical evaluation of the current state of human rights protection in each of these African nations, the contributors outline existing national resources available for protecting human rights and provide recommendations for more effective and practical use of these resources.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction / An-Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmed

Chapter 2. Ethiopia / Ashenafi, Meaza

Chapter 3. Ghana / Busia, Nana K. A.

Chapter 4. Guinea / Kane, lbrahima

Chapter 5. Morocco / Nouaydi, Abdelaziz

Chapter 6. Mozambique / Mondlane, Luis

Chapter 7. Nigeria / Obiagwu, Chinonye / Odinkalu, Chidi Anselm

Chapter 8. Rwanda / Gahamanyi, Bibiane Mbaye

Chapter 9. South Africa / Seafield, Lucrecia

Chapter 10. Sudan / Hussein, Siddig A.

Chapter 11. Uganda / Sewanyana, Livingstone / Awori, Taaka

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780812201109

0812201108

OCLC:

868304269