Human Rights Under African Constitutions : : Realizing the Promise for Ourselves / / ed. by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015
• HerausgeberIn: An-Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmed,
• MitwirkendeR: An-Na\x27im, Abdullahi Ahmed,; Ashenafi, Meaza,; Awori, Taaka,; Busia, Nana K. A.,; Gahamanyi, Bibiane Mbaye,; Hussein, Siddig A.,; Kane, lbrahima,; Mondlane, Luis,; Nouaydi, Abdelaziz,; Obiagwu, Chinonye,; Odinkalu, Chidi Anselm,; Seafield, Lucrecia,; Sewanyana, Livingstone,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. Ethiopia --; Chapter 3. Ghana --; Chapter 4. Guinea --; Chapter 5. Morocco --; Chapter 6. Mozambique --; Chapter 7. Nigeria --; Chapter 8. Rwanda --; Chapter 9. South Africa --; Chapter 10. Sudan --; Chapter 11. Uganda --; Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780812201109; 9783110638721; 9783110413458; 9783110413526; 9783110459548
• DOI: 10.9783/9780812201109
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im.

Some of the most massive and persistent violations of human rights occur in African nations. In Human Rights Under African Constitutions: Realizing the Promise for Ourselves, scholars from a wide range of fields present a sober, systematic assessment of the prospects for legal protection of human rights in Africa. In a series of detailed and highly contextual studies of Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, and Uganda, experts seek to balance the socioeconomic and political diversity of these nations while using the same theoretical framework of legal analysis for each case study.Standards for human rights protection can be realized only through direct and strong support from a nation's legal and political institutions. The contributors to this volume uniformly conclude that a well-informed and motivated citizenry is the most powerful force for creating the political will necessary to effect change at the national level. In addition to a critical evaluation of the current state of human rights protection in each of these African nations, the contributors outline existing national resources available for protecting human rights and provide recommendations for more effective and practical use of these resources.