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M. Cherif Basiouni & Ziyad Motola

Protection of human rights in African criminal proceedings / edited by M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala. - Dordrecht ; Boston : Norwell, MA : M. Nijhoff ; Distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1995. - xxiv, 477 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

United Nations human rights instruments and criminal justice norms and standards / The African regional system of human rights : notes and comments / The protection of human rights in criminal justice proceedings for African jurists / Strategy and policies for the advancement of human rights in the administration of criminal justice in Africa -- an outline / Police training and human rights in Botswana / The poisoned tree : responses to involuntary confessions in criminal proceedings in Botswana, Uganda and Zambia / Human rights and preventive detention in the interest of national security : the Ghanaian perspective / Human rights issues in the criminal justice system of Kenya and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights : a comparative analysis / Human rights and the rule of law in the transformation of the criminal justice system in Kenya : the challenge of the 1990s and beyond / The protection of Nigerian citizens from arbitrary arrest / The challenges of Nigerian prisoners in the light of the human rights campaigns / Some aspects of human rights and the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria / South African prisons and the standards of international human rights law / Legalistic formalism v. justice (or the tragic web of legal procedure in which the Sharpeville six found themselves trapped) / The criminal justice system of the Republic of Sudan / Criminal law as a vehicle for the protection of the right to personal integrity, dignity and liberty of women (in respect of offences of rape, defilement, and indecent assault) : the case of Tanzania mainland / The protection of human rights in the criminal justice proceedings -- the Tanzania experience / Human rights in criminal justice proceedings : the Zimbabwean experience / Criminal justice and human rights in legal education and post-professional education in Botswana and Ghana / Street law education for South African school children and the protection of human rights in criminal justice proceedings / Criminal justice and human rights in legal education and post-professional education / Criminal justice and human rights in judicial education / The protection of human rights and criminal justice proceedings for African jurists / Transitions to democracy in sub-Saharan Africa : an overview / Adedokun A. Adeyemi -- Ibrahim Ali Badawi El-Sheikh -- Patrick A. Chinamasa -- Femi Odekunle -- The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights : achievements and prospects / Tewodros Yirgu -- Kholisani Solo -- Daniel D. Ntanda Nsereko -- George E.K. Aikins -- Kivutha Kibwana and Kathurima M'Inoti -- Shadrak B.O. Gutto -- Oluyemisi A. Bamgbose -- T.O. Ifaturoti -- M.A. Owoade -- Dirk van Zyl Smit -- Jerold Leonard Taitz -- El Bushra Mohamed El Amin -- R.J.A. Mwaikasu -- James L. Mwalusanya -- A.R. Gubbay -- Kwame Frimpong -- D.J. McQuoid-Mason -- E.K. Quashigah -- M.L. Uwais and S. Gutto -- D.J. McQuoid-Mason -- Peter M. Manikas.

ISBN: 0792328884 9780792328889

LCCN: 94016406

Nat. Bib. No.: GB95-40033

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: B9505008 bccb

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Charte africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Criminal justice, Administration of--Africa.
Criminal procedure--Africa.
Human rights--Africa.
Droits de l'homme--Afrique.
Justice pénale--Administration--Afrique.
Procédure pénale--Afrique.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Criminal procedure.
Human rights.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa.

Subjects--Index Terms: Criminal courts Defendants Rights Africa

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Syrakus (1992)

LC Class. No.: KQC985 / .P76

Dewey Class. No.: 345.6/05 346.055