Chapters from books (Centre for Human Rights)

Chapters from books (Centre for Human Rights)

 

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  • The impact of the United Nations human rights treaties on the domestic level : twenty years on : second revised edition 
    Heyns, Christof H.; Viljoen, Frans; Murray, Rachel H. (Brill Academic Publishers, 2024-02)
    This collection of chapters tracks and explains the impact of the nine core United Nations human rights treaties in 20 selected countries, four from each of the five UN regions. Researchers based in each of these countries ...
  • The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa : a commentary 
    Rudman, Annika; Musembi, Celestine Nyamu; Makunya, Trésor Muhindo (Pretoria University Law Press, 2023)
    Since its adoption on 11 July 2003, the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) has become a landmark on the African human rights landscape. ...
  • Article 11 : Protection of women in armed conflicts 
    Makunya, Trésor Muhindo; Abelungu, Junior Mumbala (Pretoria University Law Press, 2023)
    1. States parties undertake to respect and ensure respect for the rules of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflict situations, which affect the population, particularly women. 2. States parties ...
  • Article 15 : Right to food security 
    Makunya, Trésor Muhindo; Bwanaisa, Mercy (Pretoria University Law Press, 2023)
    States Parties shall ensure that women have the right to nutritious and adequate food. In this regard, they shall take appropriate measures to: (a) provide women with access to clean drinking water, sources of domestic ...
  • The African regional human rights system and other regional systems : a comparative analysis 
    Killander, Magnus (Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists, Nairobi., 2006)
    This article examines the different legal frameworks and experiences of the European and Inter-American regional human rights systems. Particular focus is given to experiences of interest to the future work of the African Court.
  • African regional human rights system 
    Heyns, C.H. (Christof H.); Killander, Magnus; Gomez Isa, Felipe; De Feyter, Keon (University of Deusto, Bilboa, 2006)
    This contribution first introduces the main legal instruments relevant to the continental protection of human rights in Africa, then discusses the norms recognised (individual and peoples' rights and duties, etc) and ...