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From Context to Content of Human Rights: The Drafting History of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Enigma of Article 7.
- Source :
- Journal of the History of International Law; 2021, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p556-589, 34p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The context that leads to human rights treaties being drafted or adopted has garnered much attention, especially concerning the developments in the 1970s. However, the link to the content of those human rights treaties is often missing in the analysis. In addition, less attention has been paid to one of the major developments at the time: The adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. The article engages with these gaps from the perspective of the drafting process of the African Charter, using the unique wording of article 7 to illustrate four significant political and historical factors that helped determine its content. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HUMAN rights
TREATIES
INTERNATIONAL law
FAIR trial
LEGAL remedies
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1388199X
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the History of International Law
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154389328
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/15718050-12340173