Protecting the rights of minorities in Africa

a guide for human rights activists and civil society organizations

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Protecting the rights of minorities in Africa

a guide for human rights activists and civil society organizations

Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) working to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities.

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English
Pages
113

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Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction to the rights of minorities in international human rights law.
Definition of minority
Legal elements of the definition and distinction of a minority
General legal elements
Legal elements specific to minorities.
Part 2: The legal framework for the promotion and protection of minorites' rights in Africa.
1. Regional standards
The Constitutive Act of the African Union
The African charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
The African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
The Cultural Charter for Africa
The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women.
2. Regional economic communities' treaties.
Part 3: Advocacy and litigation strategies.
3. Working with bodies responsible for the promotion and protection of the rights of minorities in Africa.
4. Monitoring bodies at regional level
The quasi-judicial bodies
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Promotional activities of the ACHPR
Participating in the sessions of the ACHPR
Contributing to the promotional activities of the ACHPR
Protective activities of the ACHPR
Requesting a fact-finding mission
Filing a complaint before the ACHPR.
The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Promotional activities of the ACERWC
Examination of progress reports
Preparation of general recommendations
Elaboration of general observations
Requests for studies on the rights of the child
General debates
Protective activities of the ACERWC
The judicial body: The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
Procedure before the African Court
The Courts of Justice of the Regional Economic Communities
ECOWAS Court of Justice
The Court of Justice of the East African Community
The Tribunal of the Southern Africa Development Community.
5. The political organs
Organs of the African Union
The decision-making organs
The advisory organs
The executive organ
Civil society organizations and regional economic communities
SADC
ECOWAS
The NEPAD peer review mechanism (APRM)
Conclusion.

Edition Notes

"March 2008."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-107).

Also available on the World Wide Web.

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London
Series
Report (Minority Rights Group International), Report (Minority Rights Group International)

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Dewey Decimal Class
341.481096 UKP
Library of Congress
JC312 .K36 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
113 pages
Number of pages
113

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Open Library
OL37736294M
Internet Archive
protectingrights0000kane
ISBN 10
1904584691
ISBN 13
9781904584698
OCLC/WorldCat
231578387

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