It considers the origin and meaning of these rights, and presents a survey of the extent to which such rights feature in international human rights charters. Finally, the question is addressed as to whether social and economic rights should be included in a South African charter. Bibliogr., ...
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. General Comments on Article 14 (1) (d) and (e) of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. http://www.achpr.org/instruments/ general-comments-rights-women/. Accessed June 6, ...
Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi notes that, at the time of ratifying the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa ("the Protocol"), South Africa made several reservations and interpretive declarations. The reservations related to the imposition of ...
The African Union has both the African Commission and the African Court on Human and People's Rights. The former may decide complaints against all parties to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights; the latter has a more restricted jurisdiction....
There is no doubt whatsoever that from a human rights perspective, the Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, starts promisingly: “The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the ru
In mainland China, rural women still suffer from unequal treatment in the distribution of land rights and interests. On the conceptual level, the distribution of land rights in China’s rural areas is often characterized by gender-based discrimination. O
1.Humanrights–Africa.2.AfricanCharteronHumanandPeoples’Rights. I.Evans,Malcolm.II.Murray,Rachel,Dr. JC599.A36A362002 323 .096–dc212001043851 ISBN0521802075hardback CONTENTS Listofcontributorspagevii Prefacexi Acknowledgmentsxiii Tableofcasesxiv Listofabbreviationsxix 1FuturetrendsinhumanrightsinAfrica:...
Mochekoe Stephen Rametse, ‘The Significance of the Freedom Charter in the Ideological Debates Within the Ruling ANC Alliance in South Africa’, in38th AFSAAP Conference: twentyfirst century Tensions and Transformation in Africa(Deakin University: African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacif...
Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the ...
The international legal human rights framework is outlined as the foundation for this engagement between human rights and foreign policy. The paper also presents arguments against this interpretation, noting that Article 1(3) of the UN Charter recognises the promotion of human rights and does not ...