Africa's human rights architecture - John Akokpari

Presenting a critical examination of the evolution of Africa’s human rights in the post-Cold War era, this collection methodically explores the challenges of achieving human rights on this continent.The chapters provide a uniquely pan-African perspective on the achievements, failings, accomplishments, and deficiencies of the various human rights activists and institutions seeking to improve the lives of Africa’s 800 million inhabitants. The contributors to this multidisciplinaryvolume are all active in thearena of African human rights and come fromfields of expertiseas wide-ranging as law, politics, gender studies, international relations, economics, and history.