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International human rights law in Africa /

Title
International human rights law in Africa / Frans Viljoen.
Author
Viljoen, Frans.
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Description
xlvi, 670 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Civil rights > Africa
  • Human Rights Africa (Organization)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [621]-645) and index.
Contents
An introduction to international human rights law -- The role of United Nations organs and agencies in realizing human rights in Africa -- The United Nations treaty-based human rights system and Africa -- The African regional architecture and human rights -- The African Union and human rights -- Substantive human rights norms in the African national system -- The African Commission: an introduction -- The African Commission: protective mandate -- The African Commission: promotional mandate -- The African Commission: an assessment -- The African Court on Human and Peoples' rights -- The realization of human rights in Africa through subregional institutions -- Domestication of international human rights law -- Justiciability of socio-economic rights at the domestic level -- Lack of a human rights-based approach to HIV and AIDS.
ISBN
  • 9780199218585 (hbk.)
  • 0199218587 (hbk.)
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library