Human Rights in Africa Contemporary Debates and Struggles /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sahle, Eunice N. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Contemporary African Political Economy
• Subjects: Africa-Politics and government.; Economic development.; Social change.; Social justice.; Human rights.; African Politics.; Development and Social Change.; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.; Human Rights.

This edited collection explores key human rights themes and situates them in the context of developments on the African continent. It examines critical debates in human rights bringing together conceptually and empirically rich contributions from leading thinkers in human rights and African studies....

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction by Eunice N. Sahle
• 2. Human Rights and Societies: A Reflection from Kenya by Willy Mutunga
• 3. New Constitutional Order, Rights and Environmental Justice in South Africa by David Hallowes
• 4. Transitional Justice, Gender-based Violence, and Women's Rights by Evelyn Fanneron, Eunice N. Sahle, and Kari Dalhgren
• 5. Sexual Minorities, Human Rights, and Public Health Strategies in Africa by Marc Epprecht
• 6. Sino-African Relations and The Problem of Human Rights by Ian Taylor
• 7. Africa's Contribution to the Development of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law by Frans Viljoen
• 8. On Kéba M'Baye and the Right to Development at 30
• Eunice N. Sahle
• 9. Beyond Human Rights Ideology: Struggles for Freedom of Expression in Africa by Jane Duncan
• 10. The UN's Human Right to Water in the Context of New Water Governance Regimes by Eunice N. Sahle, Mary Galvin, Benjamin Pierce, and Kara Todd.