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Legalization of human rights in Africa : the institutionalization of laws prohibiting state-sanctioned violence and torture / edited by Stacey M. Mitchell, Veraline Nchotu, and Lem Lilian Atanga.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge contemporary Africa series
- Routledge contemporary Africa
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human rights--Africa.
- Human rights.
- Torture--Law and legislation--Africa.
- Torture.
- Political violence--Africa.
- Political violence.
- Extrajudicial executions--Africa.
- Extrajudicial executions.
- State-sponsored terrorism--Law and legislation--Africa.
- State-sponsored terrorism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
- Contents:
- Introduction to Legalization of Human Rights in Africa / By Stacey M. Mitchell, Veraline Nchotu, Lem Lilian Atanga
- Part I: The Theory, The Model, And The International Regimes Regulating State-Sponsored Violence
- What is legalization? / By Stacey M. Mitchell
- An integrative model for the assessment of legalization as congruence / By Stacey M. Mitchell
- The international legal framework for prohibitions against torture, disappearances, and political killings / By Stacey M. Mitchell
- The African human rights regime / By Stacey M. Mitchell and Lem Lilian Atanga
- The UN Charter-Based Processes and Evaluations of Africa's Conflicts and Human Rights Protections / By Henry F. (Chip) Carey
- Part II: Continent-Wide Progress In The Legalization Of Prohibitions Against Torture, Disappearances And Killings
- Taking the broad view / By Stacey M. Mitchell, Veraline Nchotu, and Lem Lilian Atanga
- Do peace missions in Africa matter? / By Miao-ling Lin Hasenkamp and Stacey M. Mitchell
- How foreign investment fuels social conflicts in Africa / By Yue Lin
- Part III: Case-Studies
- Cameroon and human rights at a time of national crisis / By Roland Djieufack
- The struggle for human rights in Guinea / By Jean Francois Koly Onivogui
- Civil society and the struggle for human rights in Tunisia / By Khedija Arfaoui
- Zimbabwe and a reassessment of Institutional Anomie Theory / By Shannon M. Gibson
- The power of regional peripheries: The making and unmaking of the legalization of human rights in Mali / By Miao-ling Lin Hasenkamp
- Human rights as a moving target in Botswana / By Kholisani Solo
- Conclusions / By Stacey M. Mitchell, Lem Lilian Atanga and Miao-ling
- Lin Hasenkamp.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 06, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Legalization of human rights in Africa
- ISBN:
- 9781003471677
- 1003471676
- 9781040327708
- 1040327702
- 9781040327753
- 1040327753
- Publisher Number:
- 40032721842
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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