The model law on access of information for Africa and other regional instruments : soft law and human rights in Africa / edited by Ololade Shyllon.
2018
KQC646 .M63 2018 (Mapit)
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The model law on access of information for Africa and other regional instruments : soft law and human rights in Africa / edited by Ololade Shyllon.
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Shyllon, Ololade, editor.
Imprint
Pretoria : Pretoria University Law Press, 2018.
Copyright
©2018
Description
xii, 256 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction / Ololade Shyllon
The impact of the model law on access to information in Africa Fola Adeleke
Implementing a model law on acess to information for Africa : lessons from the Americans / Marianna Belalba and Alan Sears
The implementation of the constitutional right to access to information in Africa : opportunities and challenges / Ololade Shyllon
The model law on access of information for Africa and the struggle for the review and passage of the Ghananian right to Information Bill of 2013 / Ugonna Ukaigwe
The impact of the model law on access of information for Africa on Kenya's access to information framework / Anne Nderi
The Sudanese access to Information Act 2015 " a step forward? / Ali Abdelrahman Ali
Compliance through decoration : access to information in Zimbabwe / Nhlahla Ngwenya
Soft law and legitimacy in the African Union : the case of the Pretoria principles on ending mass atrocities pursuant to article 4 (h) of the AU Constitutive Act / Busingye Kabumba
The incorporation of the thematic resolutions of the African commission into the domestic laws of African countries / Japhet Biegon
General comment of the African commission on human and people's rights : a source of norms and standard setting on sexual and reproductive health and rights / Ebenezer Durojaye
The African Union model law on internally displaced persons : a critique / Romola Adeola.
The impact of the model law on access to information in Africa Fola Adeleke
Implementing a model law on acess to information for Africa : lessons from the Americans / Marianna Belalba and Alan Sears
The implementation of the constitutional right to access to information in Africa : opportunities and challenges / Ololade Shyllon
The model law on access of information for Africa and the struggle for the review and passage of the Ghananian right to Information Bill of 2013 / Ugonna Ukaigwe
The impact of the model law on access of information for Africa on Kenya's access to information framework / Anne Nderi
The Sudanese access to Information Act 2015 " a step forward? / Ali Abdelrahman Ali
Compliance through decoration : access to information in Zimbabwe / Nhlahla Ngwenya
Soft law and legitimacy in the African Union : the case of the Pretoria principles on ending mass atrocities pursuant to article 4 (h) of the AU Constitutive Act / Busingye Kabumba
The incorporation of the thematic resolutions of the African commission into the domestic laws of African countries / Japhet Biegon
General comment of the African commission on human and people's rights : a source of norms and standard setting on sexual and reproductive health and rights / Ebenezer Durojaye
The African Union model law on internally displaced persons : a critique / Romola Adeola.
Summary
The adoption in 2013 of the model law on access to information for Africa by the African Commission on human and peoples' rights is an important landmark in the increasing elaboration of human rights-related soft law standards in Africa. Although non-binding, the model law significantly influenced the access to information landscape on the continent. Since the adoption of the model law, the Commission adopted several general comments. The AU similarly adopted model laws such as the African Union Model Law on Internally Displaced Persons in addressing internal displacement in Africa. This collection of essays inquires into the role and impact of soft law standards within the African human rights system and the AU generally. It assesses the extent to which these standards induced compliance, and identifies factors that contribute to generating such compliance. This book is a collection of papers presented at a conference organised by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, with the financial support of the government of Norway, through the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Pretoria. Following the conference, the papers were reviewed and reworked.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
KQC646 .M63 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9781920538873 (paperback)
1920538879 (paperback)
1920538879 (paperback)
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