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The Organisation of African Unity and the Promotion of Human Rights

Bibliographic Data

ID4839366
AuthorsClaude E Welch (corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume29
Issue4
Pages535-555
Publication date1991-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022278x00005656
OpenAlexW2149559887
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited2

The establishment and functioning of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights challenges a basic principle of positivist international law on which the Organisation of African Unity (O.A.U.) has long based its policies: the sovereign domestic control of member-states

Commission · Human rights · International human rights law · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Positivism · Promotion (chess) · Right to development · Sociology · Sovereignty · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Public Administration

  • La création de la Cour africaine des droits de l’Homme et des peuples. Les dessous d’une ingénierie institutionnelle multicentrée

    Open Access•Marielle Debos•Cultures & conflits/Cultures et…•2005

  • The ‘inclusion’ of civil society in the Organization of African Unity

    Open Access•Alfred Oduro, Takumi Shibaike•Interest Groups & Advocacy•2025

  • Bad governance and democratic failure

    Momodou Loum•Civil Wars•2002

  • The African Charter and Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; How to Make it More Effective

    Open Access•Wolfgang Benedek•Netherlands Quarterly of Human…•1993

  • The July 1994 coup D'Etat in the Gambia

    John A Wiseman, Elizabeth Vidler•The Round Table•1995

  • Human Rights Imprisoned

    Nathan Meehan•International Journal of…•2009

  • Human Rights and Development in Africa

    Jennifer Seymour Whitaker, Claude E Welch et al.•Foreign Affairs•1984

  • Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

    Open Access•Eleanor H Finch•American Journal of International…•1972

Unique citing works6
Citations per year0,18
Citation span1993 - 2025 (33)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 5
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