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African regional human rights system : 30 years after the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights 30 years after the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / edited by Manisuli Ssenyonjo. - Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012. - xliv, 583 pages ; 25 cm. - International studies in human rights ; v. 107 . - International studies in human rights ; v. 107. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-565) and index.

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 / Civil and political rights in the African Charter / Economic, social and cultural rights in the African Charter / Group rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights : concepts, praxis and prospects / Scope of individual duties in the African Charter / Women's human rights in Africa / Children's rights in Africa / Rights of refugees and internally displaced persons in Africa / Rights of indigenous peoples in Africa / The rights of older persons and persons with disabilities in Africa / The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights / The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child / From the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights to the African Court of Justice and Human Rights / Human rights realisation in the African sub-regional institutions / International criminal tribunals in Africa / The International Criminal Court and Africa / The protection of women's human rights by domestic courts in Africa : a perspective from Uganda / Tentative reflections on the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / Institutional mainstreaming and rationalisation / Strengthening the African regional human rights system / Manisuli Ssenyonjo -- Olufemi Amao -- Manisuli Ssenyonjo -- Basil Ugochukwu, Opeoluwa Badaru and Obiora Okafor -- Kofi Quashigah -- Rashida Manjoo -- Julia Sloth-Nielsen -- Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi -- George Mukundi Wachira -- Yeung Kam John Yeung Sik Yuen -- Magnus Killander -- Gina Bekker -- Githu Muigai -- Solomon T. Ebobrah -- George William Mugwanya -- Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko -- Manisuli Ssenyonjo -- Ben Chigara -- Morris Kiwinda Mbondenyi -- Manisuli Ssenyonjo.

ISBN: 9789004218147 (hardback : alk. paper) 9004218149 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2011046186

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015996590 Uk

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
African Charter on Human and People's Rights (1981)
African Charter on Human and People's Rights (1981)
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (1981)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human rights--Africa.
Civil rights--Africa.
Charte africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples.
Droits de l'homme.
Droits civils.
Droits de la femme.
Droits de l'enfant.
Réfugiés.
Personnes âgées.
Civil rights.
Human rights.
HUMAN RIGHTS.
CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS.
REGIONAL PROGRAMMES.
AFRICA.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Afrique.
Africa.

LC Class. No.: KQC572 / .A93

Dewey Class. No.: 341.4/8096