Human rights in Africa : from the OAU to the African Union /
This work examines the role of the Organization of African Unity, now the African Union, and how it has dealt with human rights since its inception in 1963. It considers the role of its main institutions both under the OAU and its transformation into the African Union. The book is divided into chapt...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Historical overview of human rights within the OAU/AU
- The relationship between the OAU/AU and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
- The link between human rights and democracy
- The relationship between conflict and human rights
- Women and the OAU/AU
- Children's rights in the OAU/AU
- Refugees and human rights
- Development, NEPAD and human rights
- Conclusion
- Appendix I. Charter of the Organization of African Unity
- Appendix II. Constitutive Act of the African Union
- Appendix III. African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
