The Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Africa: International, Regional and National Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781107173651 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 608 str.

Danwood Msikenge Chirwa; Lilian Chenwi

Opis

This book critically examines models of domestic, regional and international judicial protection of economic, cultural and social rights in Africa.

Spis treści

Part I. Introduction: 1. The protection of economic, social and cultural rights in Africa Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa and Lilian Chenwi; Part II. International Protection: 2. Direct protection of economic, social and cultural rights in international law Lilian Chenwi and Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa; 3. Indirect protection of economic, social and cultural rights in international law Martin Scheinin; Part III. African Regional and Sub-Regional Protection: 4. The protection of economic, social and cultural rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights Manisuli Ssenyonjo; 5. The protection of women's economic, social and cultural rights in Africa Rebecca Brown and Judy Oder; 6. Socio-economic rights under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child: progress and prospects Julia Sloth-Nielsen; 7. Protection of the economic, social and cultural rights of older persons and persons with disabilities in the African regional system Lilian Chenwi; 8. Group rights and the protection of economic, social and cultural rights in Africa Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa; 9. Regional institutional and remedial arrangements for the judicial enforcement of socio-economic rights in Africa Frans Viljoen; 10. Sub-regional judicial enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights Solomon T. Ebobrah; Part IV. Domestic Constitutional Protection Models and Jurisprudence: 11. Direct constitutional protection of economic, social and cultural rights in South Africa Sandra Liebenberg; 12. Direct constitutional protection of economic, social and cultural rights under Kenya's 2010 Constitution Godfrey Odongo and Godfrey Musila; 13. Direct constitutional protection of economic, social and cultural rights in Lusophone legal systems: Angola and Mozambique Aquinaldo C. Mandlate, Joao Nhampossa and Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa; 14. Direct constitutional protection of economic, social and cultural rights in Francophone legal systems: Senegal Fatimata Diallo; 15. Ethiopia's hybrid constitutional protection of economic, social and cultural rights Sisay A. Yeshanew; 16. Uganda's hybrid constitutional protection of economic, social and cultural rights Christopher Mbazira; 17. Ghana's hybrid constitutional protection of economic, social and cultural rights Peter A. Atupare; 18. Indirect constitutional protection of economic, social and cultural rights in Nigeria Enyinna S. Nwauche; 19. Indirect constitutional protection of economic, social and cultural rights in Cameroon Atangcho N. Akonumbo.