The African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council : an evaluation of its mandate of facilitating civil society participation in the African Union

dc.contributor.advisorHabib, Mohamed
dc.contributor.postgraduateMaindi, Grace Wakio
dc.date.accessioned2006-12-01T08:15:29Z
dc.date.available2006-12-01T08:15:29Z
dc.date.created06-Oct
dc.date.issued2006
dc.descriptionThesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2006.
dc.descriptionPrepared under the supervision of Mr. Mohamed Habib at the Faculty of Law, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopiaen
dc.description.abstract"The OAU was a state-centric system. It is only in the last years of its existence and in the transition from the OAU to the AU that discussions on modalities for facilitating civil society participation in its activiites commenced. The AU Act emphasises the need to build partnerships between governments and all sectors of civil society. Enhancing civil society participation is one of the AU's objectives and principles. To achieve this objective, the AU Act created the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) as an AU organ. ... Following this introductory chapter, the second chapter will analyse ECOSOCC's legal framework and structure in relation to its facilitation of civil society participation in the AU. ECOSOCC's legal framework's conceptualisation of civil society and the concerns it raises will be discussed. Linked to the conceptualisation of civil society is the role ECOSOCC will play within the AU institutional structure, therefore this will also be discussed. In addition, ECOSOCC's legal framework will be analysed to identify whether it is in line with associative or deliberative democarcy. An examination of how ECOSOCC can utilise its linkages with the other AU organs to channel civil society's views will also be carried out. The discussion of the ESC and UN ECOSOC and the lessons to be learnt from them will be done in the third chapter. The fourth chapter will set out the study's conclusions and recommendations." -- Introductionen
dc.description.degreeLLM
dc.description.departmentCentre for Human Rights
dc.description.urihttp://www.chr.up.ac.za/academic_pro/llm1/dissertations.htmlen
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.citationMaindi, GW 2006, The African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council : an evaluation of its mandate of facilitating civil society participation in the African Union, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1219>
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/1219
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLLM Dissertationsen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2006(14)en
dc.rightsCentre for Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Pretoriaen
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subjectEconomic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union (ECOSOCC)en
dc.subjectAfrican Unionen
dc.subjectCivil societyen
dc.subjectDemocracyen
dc.subjectPolitical participationen
dc.titleThe African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council : an evaluation of its mandate of facilitating civil society participation in the African Unionen
dc.typeMini Dissertationen

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