The African court: an ideal mechanism for the regional protection of human rights?

dc.contributor.advisorBennett, TW
dc.contributor.authorOlusanya, Olaolu
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-03T08:26:18Z
dc.date.available2026-03-03T08:26:18Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.date.updated2026-03-03T08:20:57Z
dc.description.abstractProposals for an African Court of human rights date back to 1961, when the African Conference on the Rule of Law, which brought together judges, teachers of law and legal practitioners from 23 African states, invited governments to consider the adoption of an African convention on human rights and the establishment of a court to safeguard the rights enshrined therein. After several attempts to adopt such a convention had failed, the idea of setting up a court was raised again in the late 1970s, when the African Charter on Human and Peoples' rights was negotiated. It was then on the ground that Africans preferred to settle disputes through negotiation and conciliation rather than through contentious proceedings, but the fear of many African they would be subjected to the judgments of an international body may have played a similar role.
dc.identifier.apacitationOlusanya, O. (1999). <i>The African court: an ideal mechanism for the regional protection of human rights?</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42929en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationOlusanya, Olaolu. <i>"The African court: an ideal mechanism for the regional protection of human rights?."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42929en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOlusanya, O. 1999. The African court: an ideal mechanism for the regional protection of human rights?. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42929en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Olusanya, Olaolu AB - Proposals for an African Court of human rights date back to 1961, when the African Conference on the Rule of Law, which brought together judges, teachers of law and legal practitioners from 23 African states, invited governments to consider the adoption of an African convention on human rights and the establishment of a court to safeguard the rights enshrined therein. After several attempts to adopt such a convention had failed, the idea of setting up a court was raised again in the late 1970s, when the African Charter on Human and Peoples' rights was negotiated. It was then on the ground that Africans preferred to settle disputes through negotiation and conciliation rather than through contentious proceedings, but the fear of many African they would be subjected to the judgments of an international body may have played a similar role. DA - 1999 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Court KW - Human Rights LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1999 T1 - The African court: an ideal mechanism for the regional protection of human rights? TI - The African court: an ideal mechanism for the regional protection of human rights? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42929 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/42929
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationOlusanya O. The African court: an ideal mechanism for the regional protection of human rights?. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 1999 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42929en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Law and Society
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectCourt
dc.subjectHuman Rights
dc.titleThe African court: an ideal mechanism for the regional protection of human rights?
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelLLM
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