Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1999
Rights
Abstract
This article examines the African continental human rights system that is built on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. It pays particular attention to the deficits of that system and argues that the establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights – a judicial body meant to strengthen the protection of human rights in Africa – falls far short. It exposes the normative and structural shortcomings that render the court virtually meaningless. It concludes that the court serves very little purpose except to address the enormous human rights challenges facing Africa.
Publication Title
Human Rights Quarterly
First Page
342
Last Page
363
Recommended Citation
Makau w. Mutua,
The African Human Rights Court: A Two-Legged Stool?,
21
Hum. Rts. Q.
342
(1999).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/journal_articles/567