The Changing Human Rights Landscape in Africa

Organisation of African Unity, African Union, New Partnership for Africa's Development and the African Court

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ID12188806
AuthorsAndré Mbata B Mangu, André Mbata Mangu (corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume23
Issue3
Pages379-408
Publication date2005-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNetherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0924-0519 • E-ISSN: 2214-7357
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/016934410502300304
OpenAlexW2606270630
LanguageEN
Citations received3

As Pliny the Elder once put it, ‘ex Africa semper aliquid novi’. There is always some thing new coming out of Africa, and this time for the better. Over the last decade, some important developments unfolded on the African continent with the potential to impact on the future of African peoples. The African Union (AU) whose major purpose is to place Africa firmly on the road to development replaced the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) was launched to achieve African renaissance. The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) was devised as NEPAD's linchpin and both were integrated within the AU. The Protocol to the African Charter establishing an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights finally came into operation. There is renewed hope that a new era has begun and time has come for Africa's development, which is not possible without a more effective and better protection of human rights. In this article, the author reflects on the changing human rights landscape in Africa under the AU, NEPAD, and the African Court

African Renaissance · Charter · Development economics · Economic growth · Ethnology · General partnership · Human rights · Out of africa · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa

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