Human Rights in Africa

Eunice N. Sahle is Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of African, African American and Diaspora Studies and the Curriculum in Global Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

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, MaryGalvin, Benjamin Pierce, and Kara Todd