PROTECTING HUMAN SECURITY IN AFRICA C

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-957898-6
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 798 g

Protecting Human Security in Africa discusses some of the most potent threats to human security in Africa. It deals especially with those threats to the security of African people which are least understood or explored. In themes varying from corruption, the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, food security, the devastation of internal displacement in Africa, the link between natural resources and human security, to the problems of forced labour, threats to women's security, and environmental security, the book examines the legal and policy challenges of protecting human security in Africa.

This work also analyses the role of NGOs and the civil society in advocating human security issues in Africa. It considers the role of regional human rights mechanisms and judicial bodies, such as the African Commission for Human Rights and the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights, in seeking to guarantee human security in Africa. Finally, with particular reference to the Somalia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Darfur crises, the book studies the role of African regional organizations, especially the African Union, in protecting the human security of Africans.

Written by leading experts on its various themes, this is an indispensable book for all those seeking to learn more about the real challenges facing Africans and African organizations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abass

Abass, Ademola

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- 1: Ademola Abass: An Introduction to Protecting Human Security in Africa

- Part I - Threats to Human Security in Africa

- 2: Opeoluwa Ogundokun: Food Security in Africa

- 3: Ilias Bantekas: Environmental Security in Africa

- 4: Kwesi Aning: Understanding the Nexus Between Human Security and Small Arms in Africa: the case of Ghana

- 5: Ben Chigara: The ILO and 'Human Security' of Sub-Saharan Africa Labour

- 6: Abiodun Alao: Natural Resource Management and Human Security in Africa

- 7: Efthymios Papastavridis: Piracy off Somalia: The 'Emperors and the Thieves of the Ocean' in the 21st Century

- 8: Maria O'Sullivan: Human Security and the Protection of Refugees in Africa

- 9: Manisuli Ssenyonjo: Human Rights of Women in Africa: A Prerequisite for Human Security

- 10: Ebenezer Durojaye: Corruption as a Threat to Human Security in Africa

- Part II - Regional Institutions and Mechanisms

- 11: Ademola Abass: African Regional Organisations, African Peace and Security Architecture and the Protection of Human Security of Africans

- 12: Gino J. Naldi: The Role of the Human and Peoples' Rights Section of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights

- 13: Obiora Chinedu Okafor: The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights as a Collective Human Security Resource: Promise, Performance, and Prospects

- 14: Rachel Murray: The Role of NGOs and Civil Society in Advancing Human Security in Africa

- Conclusion

- 15: Ademola Abass: The Future of Human Security in Africa

Über Autor(innen)

Ademola Abass is a Professor of International Law & Organizations at Brunel University, West London and Associate of the Conflict, Security Development Group (CSDG), King's College, London. He previously taught at the Universities of Reading, Nottingham and the West of England, as well as the European Masters in Human Rights and Democracy, University of Seville, Spain. He is a regular guest lecturer at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), among others. He was Africa Union's First Expert on Regional Mechanisms and had served as a consultant to many organisations including the European Commission and the UNAIDs. He was the Lead Expert Report Writer for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Ademola teaches and researches broadly in public international law, with particular interest in Collective Security Law, International Criminal Law, International Organisations, and Peace and Security.