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