L'office du juge constitutionnel en Afrique subsaharienne
L'office du juge constitutionnel en Afrique subsaharienne

Author: Téphy-Lewis Edzodzomo Nkoumou

Publisher: Editions L'Harmattan

Published: 2024-03-21

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 2140354389

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Institué pour garantir l’État de droit, le juge constitutionnel d’Afrique subsaharienne ne cesse de faire évoluer son office. Sur le plan juridictionnel, il s’affirme comme un « juge ordinaire d’exception » en développant un véritable procès constitutionnel, ce, grâce aux techniques et méthodes empruntées aux juges administratif et judiciaire. Sur le plan jurisprudentiel, il assume sa nature politique en agissant tantôt comme un « législateur occasionnel », tantôt comme un « constituant intermédiaire » à l’occasion d’un contrôle de constitutionnalité et d’une régulation des institutions. Cette (r)évolution n’est pas sans conséquences sur les principes de séparation des pouvoirs et de souveraineté nationale. À partir des exemples béninois, gabonais et malgache, cette étude ambitionne alors d’identifier les figures du juge constitutionnel en Afrique subsaharienne et de mesurer l’impact de son office sur le droit constitutionnel contemporain.

The Globalization of Human Rights
The Globalization of Human Rights

Author: Jean-Marc Coicaud

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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International efforts to construct a set of standardised human rights guidelines are based upon the identification of agreed key values regarding the relationships between individuals and the institutions governing them, which are viewed as critical to the well-being of humanity and the character of being human. This publication considers these issues of justice at the national, regional, and international levels by analysing civil, political, economic and social rights aspects.

International Human Rights Law in Africa
International Human Rights Law in Africa

Author: Frans Viljoen

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2012-03-29

Total Pages: 661

ISBN-13: 019162683X

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This book provides a comprehensive and analytical overview of human rights law in Africa. It examines the institutions, norms, and processes for human rights realization provided for under the United Nations system, the African Union, and sub-regional economic communitites in Africa, and explores their relationship with the national legal systems of African states. Since the establishment of the African Union in 2001, there has been a proliferation of regional institutions that are relevant to human rights in Africa. These include the Pan African Parliament, the Peace and Security Council, the Economic, Social and Cultural Council and the African Peer Review Mechanism of the New Partnership for Africa's Development. This book discusses the links between these institutions. It further examines the case law stemming from Africa' most important human rights instrument, the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, which entered into force on 21 October 1986. This new edition contains a new chapter on the African Children's Rights Committee as well as full coverage of new developments and instruments, such as the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Convention on Enforced Disappearances, and the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance. Three cross-cutting themes are explored throughout the book: national implementation and enforcement of international human rights law; legal and other forms of integration; and the role of human rights in the eradication of poverty. The book also provides an introduction to the relevant human rights concepts.

Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century
Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century

Author: Bethwell A. Ogot

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 1088

ISBN-13: 9780435948115

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The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, The UNESCO General History of Africa reflects how the different peoples of Africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Historical connections with other continents demonstrate Africa's contribution to the development of human civilization. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a comprehensive bibliography. This fifth volume of the acclaimed series covers the history of the continent from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the close of the eighteenth century in which two themes emerge: first, the continuing internal evolution of the states and cultures of Africa during this period second, the increasing involvement of Africa in external trade--with major but unforeseen consequences for the whole world. In North Africa, we see the Ottomans conquer Egypt. South of the Sahara, some of the larger, older states collapse, and new power bases emerge. Traditional religions continue to coexist with both Christianity (suffering setbacks) and Islam (in the ascendancy). Along the coast, particularly of West Africa, Europeans establish a trading network which, with the development of New World plantation agriculture, becomes the focus of the international slave trade. The immediate consequences of this trade for Africa are explored, and it is argued that the long-term global consequences include the foundation of the present world-economy with all its built-in inequalities.

International Law and Domestic Human Rights Litigation in Africa
International Law and Domestic Human Rights Litigation in Africa

Author: Magnus Killander

Publisher: PULP

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 0986985724

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"African civil law countries are traditionally described as monist and common law countries as dualist. This book illustrates that the monism-dualism dichotomy is too simplistic, in particular in the field of human rights. Academics and practitioners from across the continent illustrate how domestic courts in Africa have engaged with international human rights law to interpret or fill gaps in national bills of rights. The authors also consider the challenges encountered in increasing the use of international human rights law by African domestic courts."--Back cover.

Africa Since 1935
Africa Since 1935

Author: Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 1076

ISBN-13: 9780520067035

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The hardcover edition of volume 8 was published in 1994. This paperback edition is the eighth and final volume to be published in the UNESCO General History of Africa. Volume 8 examines the period from 1935 to the present, and details the role of African states in the Second World War and the rise of postwar Africa. This is one of the most important books in the entire series, and as such, it is an unabridged paperback.

UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. I, Abridged Edition
UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. I, Abridged Edition

Author: Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780520066960

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"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description