The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Subtitle: The System in Practice, 19862000
Contributors: Malcolm D. Evans (Editor); Rachel Murray (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 24, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780521802079
Subjects: Civil rights & citizenship; International humanitarian law; International relations; Political Science; Discrimination & Racism; African Charter on Human and P; Politics / Current Events; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Law; Politics/International Relations; Africa; Human rights; Civil Rights; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Human rights--Africa; Law / Human Rights; Law-Civil Rights; Political Science / Civil Rights; Social Science-Discrimination & Racism; Politics - Current Events; (1981); African Charter on Human and People's Rights
First sentence: When the Organization of African Unity (OAU) was founded in 1963 the question of human rights did not feature prominently on its agenda.