The Author examines the right to an adequate standard of living - as a subset of the right to life, dignity, and the pursuit of happiness - and assesses the extent of its realization in Africa. The paper assumes the normativity of socio-economic rights - quite apart from debates on their...

The Article examines the concept of the right to development in the context of the Third World. The Article examines how developing countries, in particular, can balance economic growth with basic human needs and human rights, It also considers the consequences for the new millenniun of the near...

Our age of Information Society (IS), and represented in the Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs), offers immense opportunity for sustainable economic development and the reduction of poverty. It does so by increasing access to market information and reducing transaction cost to...

The Author interrogates the right to a peaceful world order (PWO) in the context of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The Author begins by examining the right to peace, then tracing the search for a PWO and spotlighting reasons why that search has largely been elusive. The Author...

The Author assesses the impact of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in Africa, as part of the global effort to mark the 60th anniversary of this global compact. Clearly, the human rights narrative is firmly part of modern African discourse and praxis, evidenced by the magnificent...

The Book Segment examines the right to health as a legal and moral imperative, focusing on international and constitutional legal instruments as well as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It interrogates the role of states and non-state actors in realising the promise of the MDGs in...

The Article examines the question of peace and security in Africa against the background of the refurbished continental body, the African Union, and the New Partnership for Africa's Development. It examines the current mechanisms for dealing with conflicts in Africa, including the new Peace and...

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

The Article examines the rights to work and social security under the African human rights system and calls on all duty-bearers to adopt concrete and positive measures for their realization. It also calls on relevant judicial and quasi-judicial human rights institutions to interpret human rights...