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The articles below are the most recent additions to the Human Rights category of Africa InfoServ. To read the article, click on its title. To see more Human Rights articles or to search a particular topic, click on Africa Archive.

Articles marked with a magnifying glass ( Longer, analytical article. ) are longer, more analytical pieces.

1. Longer, analytical article. People united against racism - Geneva 2009 Declaration
Author: Geneva Civil Society Forum 2009 Date Written: 12 June 2009
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: Pambazuka News 437
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
Key Words: racism, xenophobia, Geneva declaration, DDPA,

Summary & Comment: We participants of the Civil Society Forum for the Durban Review Conference 2009 held in Geneva 17 to 19 April strongly welcome the holding of the Durban Review Conference and reaffirm our full and dedicated support for the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action (DDPA) adopted by the 2001 World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenop . . . [expand]
2. Gambia: Implement human rights accords, All Africa Conference of Churches tells States
Author: CISA, Banjul Date Written: 19 May 2009
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: Catholic Information Service for Africa
Secondary Category: AU/NEPAD Source URL: http://www.cisanewsafrica.org
Key Words: The Gambia, AACC, AU, human rights accords,

Summary & Comment: The All Africa Conference of Churches calls on governments to implement fully the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and on civil society organizations and religious communities "to take responsibility for pushing the agenda of human rights." DN
3. Longer, analytical article. A workbook created byThe New Tactics in Human Rights Project
Author: A project of The Center for Victims of Torture Date Written: 26 February 2009
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: New Tactics in Human Rights Project
Secondary Category: -none- Source URL: http://www.cvt.org; www.newtactics.org
Key Words: human rights, project, victims, torture, tactics,

Summary & Comment: This workbook developed by the New Tactics project illustrates a wide range of tactical possibilities in human rights work. Human rights requires a broader human rights field that incorporates many more people and sectors of society than are currently engaged. More comprehensive strategic approaches and a broader array of tactics than are currently . . . [expand]
4. Longer, analytical article. Charte Africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples
Author: Bibliotheque Jeanne Hersch Date Written: 20 December 2008
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: AIDH
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.aidh.org; www.aidh.org/index.htm
Key Words: Charte Africaine, droits de l'homme, peuples,

Summary & Comment: Le texte de la Charte "prend en compte les traditions du continent africain" et malgré ses lacunes constitue un apport fondamental au développement du droit africain. Tout en prenant en compte le principe de l'universalité des droits de l'homme, ce texte présente des spécificités qui renvoient à des particularités du continent a . . . [expand]
5. Longer, analytical article. Public awareness of human rights: Distortions in the mass media
Author: Eric Heinze and Rosa Freedman Date Written: 9 December 2008
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: University of London
Secondary Category: Africas Image: Africa in the Media Source URL: http://works.bepress.com
Key Words: Media, Darfur, Afghanistan, Congo

Summary & Comment: This article examines distortions of human rights reporting in the mass media. The authors examine human rights coverage in four of the most influential newspapers, two from the US and two from the UK. The US papers are The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. The British papers are The Financial Times and The Guardian. Hienze and Freedman a . . . [expand]
6. Longer, analytical article. Conference on restorative justice and the international humanitarian law
Author: Richard Mugisha Date Written: 20 August 2008
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: OSIEA - Uganda
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.osiea.org
Key Words: restorative justice, humanitarian law, international,

Summary & Comment: Here is an interesting perspective on international law and justice. The ICC deals with crimes against humanity that arise from situations in collapsed States. This makes the exclusive application of international law in its present form highly ineffective. A research report presented by MPAI calls for an international legal system that takes other . . . [expand]
7. Longer, analytical article. Sudan and the International Criminal Court: a guide to the controversy
Author: Alex de Waal Date Written: 14 July 2008
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: opendemocracy.net
Secondary Category: Sudan Source URL: http://www.opendemocracy.net
Key Words: Darfur, Justice, ICC, Genocide, Bashir

Summary & Comment: The request to indict Sudan’s president on charges of genocide and war crimes in Darfur is a historic moment in international justice. But is it wise? Will it bring peace in Sudan nearer or destabilise the country further? Alex de Waal presents the many sides of a vigorous debate. JL

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