Human Rights Under African Constitutions: Realizing the Promise for Ourselves

by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im

Book Overview

Some of the most massive and persistent violations of human rights occur in African nations. In Human Rights Under African Constitutions: Realizing the Promise for Ourselves, scholars from a wide range of fields present a sober, systematic assessment of the prospects for legal protection of human rights in Africa. In a series of detailed and highly contextual studies of Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812236777
• ISBN13: 9780812236774
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.6"