The rule of law: Approaches of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and selected African states

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dc.contributor.authorMujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-01T07:58:36Z
dc.date.available2016-08-01T07:58:36Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights is empowered to promote and protect human rights in Africa. Although the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights does not expressly use the phrase 'rule of law', the African Commission has interpreted its mandate under the African Charter as allowing it to promote and protect the rule of law in Africa. The article looks at four mechanisms through which the African Commission has attempted to promote the rule of law - in its resolutions, individual communications, promotional missions and through the periodic reports of state parties to the African Charter. The article shows that the African Commission has given different meanings to the concept of the rule of law. The article shows that, in their periodic reports to the African Commission, different African states have different understandings of the rule of law and have taken different measures to promote the rule of law in their jurisdictions. What is apparent is that the promotion and protection of human rights are crucial elements in rule of law discourse.en_US
dc.description.accreditationInternational Bibliography of the Social Sciences
dc.identifier.citationMujuzi, J.D. (2012). The rule of law: Approaches of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and selected African states. African Human Rights Law Journal, 12(1): 89-111en_US
dc.identifier.issn1996-2096
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2367
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherPretoria University Law Press (PULP)en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
dc.source.urihttp://ref.scielo.org/6khxh3
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectAfrican Commission on Human and Peoples' Rightsen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Charter on Human and Peoples' Rightsen_US
dc.subjectHuman rightaen_US
dc.subjectLegislationen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Charteren_US
dc.subjectAfrican Commissionen_US
dc.titleThe rule of law: Approaches of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and selected African statesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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