The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Regional Economic Communities: the need for co-operation

• Main Author: Ali, Abdi Jibril
• Language: en
• Published: University of Pretoria 2010
• Subjects: UCTD; Regional economic communities (RECs); African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12467; Ali, AJ 2009, The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Regional Economic Communities: the need for co-operation, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12467>

Explores the relationship between Regional Economic Communities (REC) and the African Commission on Human and People's Rights. Examines the causes of proliferation of RECs in Africa and the rationale for their involvement in human rights matters and illustrates the contribution of RECs to the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa. === Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of EK Quashigah, Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Ghana. === Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2009. === http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ === Centre for Human Rights === LLM