Governance, Human Rights, and Political Transformation in Africa

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxv

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2. Historical Context of Governance and Human Rights in Africa

   • Michael Gyan Nyarko, Michael Addaney, Elsabé Boshoff

   Pages 1-14

3. Governance and Human Rights in the African Union

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Toward an Effective African Human Rights System: The Nature and Implications of the Relationship Between the African Union Policy Organs and Human Rights Bodies

      • Tilahun Adamu Zewudie

      Pages 17-40

   3. Reflections on the African Governance Architecture: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

      • Kennedy Kariseb, Chairman Okoloise

      Pages 41-68

4. Constitutional and Judicial Protection of Human Rights

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Interdependence Versus Checks and Balances of Power: A Reflection on the Role of Constitutional Court in South Africa

      • Ademola Oluborode Jegede, Sidogi Tendani

      Pages 71-90

   3. The Golden Jubilee of the Mauritian Bill of Rights: A Milestone to Celebrate or Time for Reflections?

      • Ashwanee Budoo, Roopanand Amar Mahadew

      Pages 91-115

   4. Transcending Dualism: Deconstructing Colonial Vestiges in Ghana’s Treaty Law and Practice

      • Godwin E. K. Dzah

      Pages 117-147

   5. Human Rights-Based Reform of Criminal Law in Africa

      • Emma Charlene Lubaale

      Pages 149-171

5. Civil Engagement in Governance and Human Rights

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173

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   2. Advancing the Right to Demonstrate in Kenya Through Negotiated Management

      • Mariam Kamunyu, Edward Kahuthia Murimi

      Pages 175-215

   3. The Right to Peaceful Assembly in a Chaotic Democracy: An Analysis of Nigerian Law

      • Bamisaye Olutola

      Pages 217-246

   4. The Role of the Judiciary in Safeguarding the Right to Assembly and Public Protest in Ghana

      • Michael Gyan Nyarko

      Pages 247-275

   5. The Role of Election Management Bodies in Advancing Democracy in Ghana

      • Bright Sefah

      Pages 277-306

6. Emerging Challenges in Governance and Human Rights In Africa

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 307-307

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   2. Balancing National Security and Human Rights in the Fight Against Boko Haram in Nigeria

      • Chairman Okoloise

      Pages 309-331

   3. The Legal Challenges of Offering Protection to Climate Refugees in Africa

      • Michael Addaney

      Pages 333-358

   4. The Best Interest of the Child and Climate Change Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa

      • Elsabé Boshoff

      Pages 359-386

   5. Protecting Environmental Rights in the Context of Oil Extraction in Africa

      • Michael Addaney, Bamisaye Olutola, Charlotte Kabaseke

      Pages 387-412

This edited volume examines the development and challenges of governance, democracy, and human rights in Africa. It analyzes the emerging challenges for strengthening good governance in the region and explores issues related to civil, political, economic, cultural, and social rights highlighting group rights including women, girls, and other minority groups. The project presents a useful study of the democratization processes and normative developments in Africa exploring challenges in the form of corruption, conflict, political violence, and their subsequent impact on populations. The contributors appraise the implementation gap between law and practice and the need for institutional reform to build strong and robust mechanisms at the domestic, regional, and international levels. 

• Law
• African Law
• African politics
• Development
• african development
• Political Transformation
• governance
• democracy

• Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

  Michael Addaney

• Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  Michael Gyan Nyarko

• African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Banjul, The Gambia

  Elsabé Boshoff

Michael Addaney is Scholar at the Research Institute of Environmental Law of Wuhan University Law School, Wuhan, China. 


Michael Gyan Nyarko is Litigation Coordinator and Researcher, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa.


Elsabé Boshoff is Technical Assistant/Legal Officer at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Secretariat in Banjul, The Gambia.

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