Human Rights in Africa
Subtitle: Contemporary Debates and Struggles
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781137583130
Subjects: Civil rights, africa; Africa, social conditions; Africa, economic conditions
Description: This edited collection explores key human rights themes and situates them in the context of developments on the African continent. It examines critical debates in human rights bringing together conceptually and empirically rich contributions from leading thinkers in human rights and African studies. Drawing on scholarly insights from the fields of constitutional law, human rights, development, feminist studies, public health, and media studies, the volume contributes to scholarly debates on constitutionalism, the right to water, securitization of development, environmental and transitional justice, sexual rights, conflict and gender-based violence, the right to development, and China's deepening role in Africa. Consequently, it makes an important scholarly intervention on timely issues pertaining to the African continent and beyond.