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Preface / Préface
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I. ARTICLES FOCUSED ON ASPECTS OF THE AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM AND AFRICAN UNION HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS

I. ARTICLES PORTANT SUR LES ASPECTS DU SYSTÈME AFRICAIN DES DROITS DE L’HOMME ET LES NORMES DES DROITS DE L’HOMME DE L’UNION AFRICAINE

Commentaire de l’observation générale sur l’article 22 de la Charte africaine des droits et dubien-être de l’enfant: «les enfants dans les conflits armés»
 par  Junior Mumbala Abelungu
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The potential of African philosophy in interpreting socioeconomic rights in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
by Anneth Amin
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Le contradictoire devant la Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples
par Quiterie Bassonga Khiessie
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Evaluating the (in)sufficiency of Africa’s response towards economic and psychological violence against women
by Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz,  & Lucyline Nkatha Murungi
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The implementation of the Kampala Convention in Cameroon: trends, challenges and opportunities
by Steve Tiwa Fomekong
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The role of human dignity in the ‘human rights’ jurisprudence of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
by Tsega Andualem Gelaye
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Framing a human rights approach to communication surveillance laws through the African human rights system in Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda
by Tomiwa Ilori
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Reclaiming the delinquent child: a proposed framework for a customary law-based child justicesystem in Africa using Zambia as a case study
 by Kelly Kapianga
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The role of NGOs in the domestic implementation of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy Framework: perspectives from Uganda
by Tonny Raymond Kirabira
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حقوق الأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة في إطار المنظومتين الدولية والأفريقية لحقوق الإنسان
by Fatma Sefsaf
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Les organisations non gouvernementales dans le système africain des droits de l’homme: essai de systématisation du rôle des ONG dans le contentieux régional des droits de l’homme en Afrique
par Muriel Sognigbé-Sangbana
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Addressing statelessness in Kenya through a confluence of litigation, transitional justice, and community activism: reflecting on the cases of the Nubian, Makonde and Shona communities
by Andrew Songa
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II SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE AFRICAN UNION’S THEME FOR 2021: ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE: LEVERS FOR BUILDING THE AFRICA WE WANT

FOCUS SPECIAL SUR LE THEME DE L’UNION AFRICAINE POUR L’ANNEE 2021: ARTS, CULTURE ET PATRIMOINE: LEVIERS POUR L’EDIFICATION DE L’AFRIQUE QUE NOUS VOULONS

Effectivité des droits culturels et retour des biens culturels africains pillés sous l’empire colonial: pallier les écarts entre textes et contexte
by  Olivier Baraka Bahoze
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Resolution of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the protection of sacred natural sites and territories: a critical overview
by Kevin Bakulumpagi
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The repatriation of African heritage: shutting the door on the imperialist narrative
by Fiona Batt
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La protection juridique des intérêts culturels africains en droit international des investissements
by Rimdolmsom Jonathan Kabré
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CASE COMMENTARIES

COMMENTAIRES DE DECISIONS

Case commentary: The Pan African Lawyers Union on the compatibility of vagrancy laws with the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and other human rights instruments in Africa
Decriminalising vagrancy offences in Africa beyond the African Court’s Advisory Opinion: quo vadis?
by Willene Holness
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Case commentary: Rajabu & Others v Tanzania
Hanging and the mandatory death penalty in Africa: the significance of Rajabu v Tanzania

by Andrew Novak
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Case commentary: Lucien Ikili Rashidi v Tanzania
A retrospective evaluation of the determination of reparations for non-pecuniary loss: a comment on Lucien Ikili Rashidi v Tanzania

 by  Robert Doya Nanima
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Commentaire de décision: Diakité c. Mali
L’exigence de l’épuisement des recours internes dans la recevabilité des requêtes des particuliers devant la Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples à l’aune de l’arrêt Diakité c. Mali 

par Abass Sango
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Case commentary: Social and Economic Rights Action Centre v Nigeria
Social and Economic Rights Action Centre (SERAC) and the Centre for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) v Nigeria: two decades on – questioning the continued implementation gap 

by Stefaan Smis & Olalekan Bello
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