The African Regional Human Rights System

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.