The African regional human rights system : 30 years after the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

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Preface Foreword: The African Human Rights System: 30 Years after the Adoption of the ACHPR List of Contributors List of African Court and African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Cases List of African Union Instruments List of Abbreviations List of Activity Reports of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 1987-2010 Part I: Introduction Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Development of the African Regional Human Rights System: 30 Years after the Adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights Manisuli Ssenyonjo Part II: Rights and Duties in the African Charter Chapter 2 Civil and Political Rights in the African Charter Olufemi Amao Chapter 3 Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the African Charter Manisuli Ssenyonjo Chapter 4 Group Rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights: Concept, Praxis and Prospects Basil Ugochukwu, Opeoluwa Badaru and Obiora Okafor Chapter 5 Scope of Individual Duties in the African Charter Kofi Quashigah Part III: Rights of the Vulnerable under the African System Chapter 6 Women's Human Rights in Africa Rashida Manjoo Chapter 7 Children's Rights in Africa Julia Sloth-Nielsen Chapter 8 Rights of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi Chapter 9 Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Africa George Mukundi Wachira Chapter 10 The Rights of Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities in Africa Yeung Kam John Yeung Sik Yuen Part IV: Implementation Mechanisms for Human Rights in Africa Chapter 11 The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Magnus Killander Chapter 12 The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Gina Bekker Chapter 13 From the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights to the African Court of Justice and Human Rights Prof. Githu Muigai Chapter 14 Human Rights Realisation in the African Sub-Regional Institutions Solomon T. Ebobrah Chapter 15 International Criminal Tribunals in Africa George William Mugwanya Chapter 16 The International Criminal Court and Africa Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko Chapter 17 The Protection of Women's Human Rights by Domestic Courts in Africa: A Perspective from Uganda Manisuli Ssenyonjo Part V: Conclusion: Towards an Effective African Regional Human Rights System Chapter 18 Tentative Reflections on the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights Ben Chigara Chapter 19 Institutional Mainstreaming and Rationalisation Morris Kiwinda Mbondenyi Chapter 20 Strengthening the African Regional Human Rights System Manisuli Ssenyonjo Appendix 1 African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights Appendix 2 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Appendix 3 Protocol to the African Charter on Human And Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Appendix 4 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa Appendix 5 Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights Appendix 6 List of Countries which have signed, ratified/acceded to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights as at 6 August 2010 Selected Bibliography Index.

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