Revisiting the normative framework of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the context of evidence obtained through human rights violations: Has it served its purpose?

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dc.contributor.authorNanima, Robert D
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-15T11:59:03Z
dc.date.available2019-08-15T11:59:03Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the normative context of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in dealing with evidence obtained through human rights violations, and whether it serves its purpose. It unpacks the concept of a norm and uses the liberal school of thought as the theoretical framework, which informs the adoption of legal norms at the regional level. These, in turn, provide a yardstick that is used to evaluate the efficacy of the norms. With the aid of four normative developments between 1992 and 2003, it evaluates the extent to which these developments serve their purpose in dealing with evidence obtained through human rights violations. It is argued that while the Tunis Resolution and the Dakar Declaration have not served the purpose of dealing with evidence obtained through human rights violations, the Robben Island Guidelines specifically dealt with evidence obtained through torture. The adoption of the Principles can be reconciled with the African Commission’s approach to the admission of evidence obtained through human rights violations.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRD Nanima ‘Revisiting the normative framework of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the context of evidence obtained through human rights violations: Has it served its purpose?’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 1-26en_US
dc.identifier.issn1996-2096
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2018/v18n1a1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4776
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Commissionen_US
dc.subjectEvidenceen_US
dc.subjectNormative frameworken_US
dc.subjectViolationsen_US
dc.titleRevisiting the normative framework of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the context of evidence obtained through human rights violations: Has it served its purpose?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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