Protecting Human Security in Africa

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Pub. Date: 2010-11-19
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

This book discusses some of the most potent threats to human security in Africa. It deals especially with those threats to the security of African people which are least understood or explored. In themes varying from the proliferation of small arms and li

Author Biography


Ademola Abass is a Professor of International Law & Organizations at Brunel University, West London and Associate of the Conflict, Security Development Group (CSDG), King's College, London. He previously taught at the Universities of Reading, Nottingham and the West of England, as well as the European Masters in Human Rights and Democracy, University of Seville, Spain. He is a regular guest lecturer at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), among others. He was Africa Union's First Expert on Regional Mechanisms and had served as a consultant to many organizations including the European Commission and the UNAIDs. He was the Lead Expert Report Writer for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Ademola teaches and researches broadly in public international law, with particular interest in Collective Security Law, International Criminal Law, International Organisations, and Peace and Security.

Table of Contents

List of Contributorsp. xi
Table of Casesp. xv
Table of Legislationp. xix
List of Abbreviationsp. xxiii
An Introduction to Protecting Human Security in Africap. 1
Of Certain Threats to Human Security in Africa
Food Security in Africap. 21
Environmental Security in Africap. 43
Understanding the Nexus between Human Security and Small Arms in Africa: The Case of Ghanap. 63
The ILO and 'Human Security' of Sub-Saharan African Labourp. 81
Natural Resource Management and Human Security in Africap. 102
Piracy off Somalia: The 'Emperors and the Thieves of the Oceans' in the 21st Centuryp. 122
Human Security and the Protection of Refugees in Africap. 155
Human Rights of Women in Africa: A Prerequisite for Human Securityp. 176
Corruption as a Threat to Human Security in Africap. 217
Regional Institutions and Mechanisms
African Peace and Security Architecture and the Protection of Human Securityp. 247
The Role of the Human and Peoples' Rights Section of the African Court of Justice and Human Rightsp. 284
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights as a Collective Human Security Resource: Promise, Performance, and Prospectsp. 313
The Role of NGOs and Civil Society in Advancing Human Security in Africap. 340
Conclusion
The Future of Human Security in Africap. 361
Selected Bibliographyp. 365
Indexp. 375
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