Human Rights in Africa (eBook)

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. IntroductionEunice N. SahlePart 1: Contemporary Developments and Human Rights 2. Human Rights and Societies: A Reflection from KenyaWilly Mutunga3. New Constitutional Order, Rights and Environmental Justice in South AfricaDavid Hallowes4. Transitional Justice, Gender-based Violence, and Women’s RightsEvelyn Fanneron, Eunice N. Sahle, and Kari Dalhgren 5. Sexual Minorities, Human Rights, and Public Health Strategies in AfricaMarc Epprecht6. Sino-African Relations and The Problem of Human RightsIan TaylorPart 2: Human Rights Norms: Emergence, Features and Tensions7. Africa’s Contribution to the Development of International Human Rights and Humanitarian LawFrans Viljoen8.  On Kéba M’Baye and the Right to Development at 30   Eunice N. Sahle9. Beyond Human Rights Ideology: Struggles for Freedom of Expression in AfricaJane Duncan10. The UN’s Human Right to Water in the Context of New Water Governance Regimes Eunice N. Sahle, Mary Galvin, Benjamin Pierce, and Kara Todd