The African human rights system
Subtitle: origin and evolution
By: Kofi Oteng Kufuor.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230605053
Subjects: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; African Charter on Human and People's Rights -- (1981); Human rights -- Africa
Description: "This book challenges the received scholarship on the origins of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. The author applies economic and social theory to understanding the African Commission's dynamic treaty interpretation, and the Commission's strategic manipulation of the Rules of Procedure to strengthen the African human rights system"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.