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Title:Some Reflections on Recent and Current Trends in the Promotion of Human Rights in Africa: The Pains and the Gains
Author:Mubangizi, John C.ISNI
Year:2006
Periodical:African Human Rights Law Journal
Volume:6
Issue:1
Pages:146-165
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:human rights
Law, Human Rights and Violence
Abstract:This article analyses the impact that recent and current developments on the African continent have had, and continue to have, on the promotion and protection of human rights. Such developments include the establishment of an African Court on Human and People's Rights, the formation of the African Union to replace the Organization of African Unity, democratic change in Africa and the advent of a new constitutionalism that embraces the concept of a bill of rights. An understanding of recent and current trends in the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa has to take into account the historical and international context within which the African system operates. Several challenges still inhibit the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa, including various ongoing regional and internal conflicts, the prevalence of poverty, ignorance and disease, the predominance of political and social disharmony and the continued existence of unacceptable cultural and customary practices. The article concludes that there are still lots of pains to endure before the African system of human rights protection can favourably compare with its more advanced counterparts. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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