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I ARTICLES FOCUSED ON ASPECTS OF THE AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM AND AFRICAN UNION HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS

Vestiges du droit colonial et droits humains: combler le minimalisme judiciaire de la Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples
Balole, Christian Via, Cirhuza Birindwa, Pacifique & Cirhuza Centwali, Guillain
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Building transregional standards: the African Commission’s Resolution 550, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the future of business and human rights
Belli, Anna Cláudia Menezes Lourega, Machado, Claudia Voigt Pisconti & Kurschner, Rafael de Lima
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Les recours en interprétation des arrêts de la Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples
Dongar, Bienvenu Criss-Dess & Afogo, Nouwagnon Olivier
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Kidfluencers in Africa: an emerging opportunity or an emerging concern for the evolving capacities of the African child?
Goliath, Stacey
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La politique de justice transitionnelle de l’Union africaine et la nécessité d’intégrer l’approche genre dans les réparations au niveau national à l’aune de l’expérience de la Gambie, du Mali et de la Côte d’Ivoire
Kindé, Damsou
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Organ trafficking in Africa and the role of the African human rights system in safeguarding human dignity, life and bodily integrity
Lalude, Olalekan Moyosore
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Les fonds régionaux au profit des victimes d’atrocités de masse en afrique
Sylla, Bouyeh Mahamadou
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De Banjul à Arusha: plaidoyer pour une protection high-cost du droit des peuples à la libre disposition de leurs richesses et de leurs ressources naturelles
Nkili Mbida, Eugène Pascal Parfait
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The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ power to review its decisions
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira
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Touching where it hurts? revisiting the African Court judgments in relation to Tanzania’s restriction of direct access for individuals and NGOs
Protas, Petro
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The divergent jurisprudence of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the death penalty in Africa
Thomas, Irene Nyakagere
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II SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE AFRICAN UNION’S THEME FOR 2025: JUSTICE FOR AFRICANS AND PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT THROUGH REPARATIONS

Justice, restoration and reparations: a Nigerian perspective on addressing the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial economic legacies
Bello, Olalekan A & Gbede, Olusegun
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Framing reparations for historical injustices: the normative and strategic potential of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy
Fomekong, Steve Tiwa
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Reparação das injustiças do passado: uma análise a partir do colonialismo Português
Garrido, Rui
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Reparation for historical injustices committed during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia from 1935 to 1941: analysis of the prospect for success
Gelaye, Tsega Andualem
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Listening for silences in Algeria: eliminating the structural silencing of survivors of conflict-related rape as entrenched in Africa during colonisation
Lasseko-Phooko, Matilda
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The unresolved land question in Zimbabwe: reparations for colonial injustices versus compensation to white farmers
Maringe, Noah & Makuzwa, Nyasha
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The potential role of the International Court of Justice in advancing Africa’s reparatory justice agenda
Mavedzenge, Justice Alfred
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Le droit à réparation des victimes des injustices historiques causées par l’esclavage et la colonisation
Mubiala, Mutoy
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From reparative to transformative justice: a Pan-African feminist reimagining of reparations in Africa and the diaspora
Nabaneh, Satang, Mahlangu, Bongiwe, Mothoa, Baatseba, Curry, Gaynel & Persson, Ida
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Enhancing access to reparatory justice for women: the role of African human rights bodies
Nassuna, Rizzan
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Dispensing justice through reparations: benchmarking the decision of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the Ogiek case in protecting indigenous peoples’ right to development in Tanzania
Ngaiza, Cecilia
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Africa’s silent crime: towards recognising ecocide under the Malabo Court Protocol
Nyambi, Nfor N Nde
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African continental reparations framework and strategies for compensation for the European slave trade, colonial exploitations and injustices
Ogwezzy, Michael C
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Réparer le passé colonial au prisme des initiatives judiciaires et extra-judiciaires nationales: réflexion prospective à partir de l’exemple belge
Sindani, Jonas Kakule
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Reparative justice and the colonial continuum: towards a Pan-African Research and Policy Agenda on Climate Reparations
Toussaint, Patrick & Appadoo, Krishnee Adnarain
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III CASE COMMENTARIES

La contribution du Comité africain d’experts sur les droits et le bien-être de l’enfant dans le processus de réparation des injustices historiques: cas des enfants d’ascendance nubienne au Kenya
Abelungu, Junior Mumbala
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A questão da responsabilidade internacional do Ruanda pelas atividades armadas no território da República Democrática do Congo: reflexões jurídicas sobre um contencioso em curso perante o Tribunal Africano dos Direitos Humanos e dos Povos
Maia, Catherine & Akpe, Aklesso Jacques
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Protecting intellectual property through a human rights approach: jurisprudential missteps and missed opportunities in the ECOWAS Court’s decision in Solomon Ekolama v Nigeria
Nyinevi, Christopher & Osei, Ezekiel
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Extraordinary rendition and obligations of Nigeria under international law: the trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
Osisioma, Cajetan
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