The African Union Legal And Institutional Framework

Author : Abdulqawi A. Yusuf
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004227725
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The African Union: Legal and Institutional Framework written by Abdulqawi A. Yusuf and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is an introduction to the origins, law and institutions of the African Union (AU). It examines the evolution, structures, legal standards and operational activities of this Pan-African organization, which replaced the Organization of African Unity (OAU) 10 years ago. Although the AU came into being in 2001, so far there is no comprehensive work which addresses the institution, its organs and structures, the scope of its operations, its legal framework and the normative standards underpinning its objectives and functions or those underlying the conventions, charters and protocols it has enacted or inherited from its predecessor, the OAU. It is the aim of this work to fill that void. It has been conceived as a manual, and not as a scholarly treatise, so as to serve as a basic introduction to the institutional and legal framework of the AU and its affiliated organizations. It is meant to offer a concise and clear picture of the nature and workings of a continental institution aimed not only at promoting peace and unity in Africa but also at ensuring human security, development, human rights protection and good governance for the peoples of Africa.

Author : Leonard Chinasaokwu Opara
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783659690426
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Institutional Legal Framework of African Union in Conflict Resolution written by Leonard Chinasaokwu Opara and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-04 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African Union is a regional Institution that governs the member states, plays roles in conflicts resolution, political and social economic relations and acts as a force in maintaining regional peace and political stability among the members. The AU is an actor and force in regional & Legal matters within the sub-region. This book will analyze the potential and limitations of the African Union effort in relation to management of conflicts and conflict resolutions. This research work will also examine the African Union institutional strengths and weaknesses, the role of regional and extra-regional actors in conflict management in Africa, and suggest ways of developing links between the African Union (AU) and Africa's sub regional security mechanisms. Finally policy prescriptions for future policies to meet the challenges are provided. Africa is suffering immensely from ongoing conflicts throughout the continent, situation whereby the AU acts as a mediator.

Author : Abdulqawi A. Yusuf
Publisher : Brill | Nijhoff
ISBN 13 : 9789004227729
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The African Union: Legal and Institutional Framework written by Abdulqawi A. Yusuf and published by Brill | Nijhoff. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is an introduction into the origins, law and institutions of the African Union (AU). It examines the evolution, structures, legal standards and operational activities of this Pan-African organization, which replaced the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ten years ago.

Author : Nsongurua J. Udombana
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Institutional Structure of the African Union written by Nsongurua J. Udombana and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Article undertakes a comparative legal analysis of the institutional structure of the new African Union. Among the many issues examined are the legal status of the Union, the questions of membership, succession, and relationship between the Union, its organs and Member States.

Author : Abdulqawi A. Yusuf
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 900422100X
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The African Union: Legal and Institutional Framework written by Abdulqawi A. Yusuf and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is an introduction into the origins, law and institutions of the African Union (AU). It examines the evolution, structures, legal standards and operational activities of this Pan-African organization, which replaced the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ten years ago.

Author : Grace Wakio Kakai
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783847372059
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council written by Grace Wakio Kakai and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creation of the African Union (AU) broke new ground in the conceptualisation and design of international organisations. Most international organisations have maintained their state-centric nature, with limited and conditional participation for civil society. The AU created the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) as one of its organs, with a mandate of facilitating and enhancing civil society participation in its activities. ECOSOCC members are elected by African civil society operating at national, regional and continental levels, using eligibility criteria that is aimed at securing representation of a wide range of civil society interests. This work examines the legal and institutional framework of ECOSOCC with a view to determining whether it is a viable mechanism for African civil society to engage with AU policy makers thus contributing to the democratisation of the AU's policy-making processes.

Author : Vincent O. Nmehielle
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004481060
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The African Human Rights System written by Vincent O. Nmehielle and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a comprehensive treatment of the African human rights system in terms of the laws, practice, and institutions of the system. The volume discusses, analyzes, and evaluates normative instruments of the African system: the Charter of the Organization of the African Unity (OAU), and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, presenting article-by-article analysis of its provisions and those of the Protocol on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. Similarly the OAU (now the African Union), the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, and the proposed African Court on Human Rights, as institutions of the system, are discussed. The book emphasizes a comparative approach and presents a summary of the UN, the European and the Inter-American human rights mechanisms with regard to their impact on the African system. The role of NGOs in the African system is also considered, as well as the controversial issue of human rights in pre-colonial and colonial Africa.

Author : Olufemi Amao
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198862156
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emergent African Union Law written by Olufemi Amao and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection explores the role of law in the regional integration effort in Africa, and assesses the extent to which African Union law is having in impact on domestic law across the continent. It analyses how the African Union is engendering new norms and standards, in areas such as economic regulation and democratic constitutionalism.--

Author : Babatunde Olaitan Fagbayibo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Politico-legal Framework for Integration in Africa written by Babatunde Olaitan Fagbayibo and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of the African Union (AU) is seen as an effort to reposition Africa for the challenges of contemporary global realpolitik and, in particular, it provides a road map towards the attainment of a political union. The institutional architecture of the AU, modelled after the European Union (EU), indicates an intention on the part of the architects of the AU to endow the organisation with supranational attributes. However, none of its institutions has as yet started to exercise supranational powers. It is against this background that this thesis explores the feasibility of transforming the AU from a mere intergovernmental organisation into a supranational entity. In the course of the investigation, it was found that a major obstacle to realising this is the absence of shared democratic norms and standards, a consequence of the unconditional membership ideology of the AU. This thesis argues that the starting point of closer integration in Africa should be the cultivation and adoption of shared norms and values. To address this, the study proposes that the AU design an institutional mechanism for regulating its membership. Using the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) as a case study, this study shows that it is possible to establish a regulatory regime based on strict adherence to shared fundamental norms and values. A major recommendation is the transformation of the APRM into a legally binding instrument for setting continental democratic standards, assessing whether member states fulfil these standards and ultimately determining which member states are qualified, based on objective standards, to be part of a democratic AU.

Author : Michael Addaney
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030270491
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Governance, Human Rights, and Political Transformation in Africa written by Michael Addaney and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume examines the development and challenges of governance, democracy, and human rights in Africa. It analyzes the emerging challenges for strengthening good governance in the region and explores issues related to civil, political, economic, cultural, and social rights highlighting group rights including women, girls, and other minority groups. The project presents a useful study of the democratization processes and normative developments in Africa exploring challenges in the form of corruption, conflict, political violence, and their subsequent impact on populations. The contributors appraise the implementation gap between law and practice and the need for institutional reform to build strong and robust mechanisms at the domestic, regional, and international levels.