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Title:Human Rights Implications of African Conflicts
Author:Agbu, OsitaISNI
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]
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