The african human rights judicial system: a proposal for streamlining structures and domestication mechanisms viewed from the foreign affairs power perspective
Journal: Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya)
Year: 2012

The present study deals with these two interconnected yet often forgotten realities of the constitutional order in Africa: First, the ‗foreign affairs power‘ that gives the specific organs of the State the capacity to create and empower universal, regional and sub-regional governance and judicial structures.14 Secondly, the ‗international judicial function in Africa‘, with focus on the African Court on Human and Peoples‘ Rights and the upcoming merger with the African Court of Justice. In this r