Protecting the rights of minorities in Africa
Subtitle: a guide for human rights activists and civil society organizations
By: by Ibrahima Kane
Contributors: Minority Rights Group International
Series: Report (Minority Rights Group International); Report (Minority Rights Group International)
Publisher: Minority Rights Group International
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9781904584698
Subjects: Minorities; Civil rights; Human rights; Non-governmental organizations; Human services; Minderheitenrecht
Description: 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.
Notes: "March 2008."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-107).

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