Fiona Batt

The repatriation of African heritage: shutting the door on the imperialist narrative

Anthropology

This article is written in recognition of the repatriation movement, which is going through a renaissance in relation to the cultural herit...

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This article promises a timely and incisive examination of the burgeoning African cultural heritage repatriation movement, framing it as a critical an...

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Robert Doya Nanima

A retrospective evaluation of the determination of reparations for nonpecuniary loss: a comment on Lucien Ikili Rashidi v Tanzania

Law

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights is a distinct body that protects human rights and develops jurisprudence in international an...

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Stefaan Smis, Olalekan Bello

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

Law

Nearly two decades after the landmark decision in Social and Economic Rights Action Centre (SERAC) and the Centre for Economic and Social R...

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Opal Masocha Sibanda

Towards a more effective and coordinated response by the African Union on children’s privacy online in Africa

Human Rights

The development and expansion of digital technologies in Africa have brought invaluable opportunities for the realisation of children’s rig...

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The article, "Towards a more effective and coordinated response by the African Union on children’s privacy online in Africa," addresses a profoundly r...

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Abdoulaye Sylla

Reforms of the African Union’s judicial system: legal and institutional challenges facing the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Law

This paper explores and demonstrates why the different systems and models of justice which the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and the...

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Wubeshet Tiruneh

Holding corporations liable for human rights abuses committed in Africa: the need for strengthening domestic remedies

Law

It has been two decades since the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Commission) rendered its landmark decision in SERAC and...

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Ibrahim Banaru Abubakar

Poverty, policies, and politics: a rights-based approach to food insecurity in Africa

Policy

Food and nutrition insecurity remain serious African concerns, reflecting government failure to meet global and regional human rights oblig...

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Têtêvi Didier Prince-Agbodjan, Bienvenu Criss-Dess Dongar, Nouwagnon Olivier Afogo

The withdrawal of state consent to the optional jurisdiction of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights: a denial of citizens’ right of access to regional justice? A review of the case Glory Cyriaque Hossou and Another v Benin

Law

This commentary reviews the judgment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Glory Cyriaque Hossou and Another v Benin, concer...

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Adamantia Rachovitsa

The judicial function of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in default judgments: the developments set forth in the Léon Mugesera case

Law

This case discussion focuses on the judicial function of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Court) in default judgments. The d...

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This paper offers a timely and critical examination of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights' (AfCHPR) approach to default judgments, a cruci...

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Benjamin Kagina

Commentary on the judgment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the case of Anudo Ochieng Anudo v United Republic of Tanzania

Law

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Court) handed down its first judgment on the right not to be arbitrarily deprived o...

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The article provides a timely and critical commentary on the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ landmark judgment in *Anudo Ochieng Anudo v U...

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