The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

Nat Rubner

doi:10.1017/9781805431183

A landmark study of the African Charter on human and peoples' rights, one of the most important documents in modern African history, that positions it within the African Lives Matter struggle to assert an African identity rather than as simply a human rights document. This set describes its underlying African origins and how the principles of the OAU influenced its path and content.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Illustration
pp ix-ix

Acknowledgements
pp x-x

Note on Bibliography
pp xi-xi

Abbreviations
pp xii-xiii

Timeline
pp xiv-xvi

Introduction
pp 1-12

1 - The Emergence of African Discontent
pp 13-74

Part One - The Origins of the ACHPR
pp 75-76

2 - The Atlantic Charter and the Post-war International Settlement
pp 77-202

3 - African Political and Economic Revanchism and the Emergence of the OAU
pp 203-280

4 - African Intellectual and Cultural Revanchism – The Predicament of Black Disalienation
pp 281-374

Part Two - The OAU and Human Rights
pp 375-376

5 - The OAU Polity and the Domestic Praxis of Human Rights
pp 377-563

6 - The OAU Polity and the International Praxis of Human Rights
pp 564-642

Conclusion
pp 643-646

Index
pp 647-664

Miscellaneous Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Illustrations
pp vii-vii

Abbreviations
pp viii-ix

Timeline
pp x-xii

Introduction
pp 1-4

Part Three - The Influence of the Outsiders
pp 5-6

1 - The Outsiders – Western Governments, the UN and NGOs
pp 7-188

Part Four - The Political Process
pp 189-190

2 - The Insiders – the Political Process of the ACHPR
pp 191-286

3 - The Text
pp 287-373

Conclusion
pp 374-384

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