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Title: | Human Rights Implications of African Conflicts |
Author: | Agbu, Osita |
Year: | 2000 |
Periodical: | African Journal of Political Science (ISSN 1027-0353) |
Volume: | 5 |
Issue: | 1 |
Period: | June |
Pages: | 92-104 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | rebellions international politics human rights offences against human rights Law, Human Rights and Violence law Conflicts humanitarian assistance |
External link: | https://d.lib.msu.edu/ajps/86/OBJ/download |
Abstract: | This paper addresses the problem of human rights abuse in conflict situations in Africa. It revisits the various causes and nature of human rights abuse during conflicts, and notes that within the context of armed conflict, human rights are joined with international humanitarian law to establish protection for non-combatants who have been the major casualties during these conflicts. It concludes that Africa must accede to the minimal standards of engagement for protection of human rights and possibly support this with the infusion of the African values of sense of community and dignity of the human person in the existing legal regime. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |