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• Preface
• Introduction
• Prologue
• Property Rights Theory
• Bases of Equating Land Registration to Real Estate Ownership Security
• Summary & Policy Implications
• Index.
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It is often argued that land registration is the answer to insecurity of real estate ownership in sub-Saharan Africa. This argument is based on the presumption that there is ownership security in the advanced world because every real estate is registered. However, a lot of studies conducted in the developing world have established that ownership security cannot be assured via land registration. This book critically analyses the theoretical principles that underpin land registration systems in order to provide more insights as to why land registration cannot guarantee ownership security. It also examines the nexus between security of ownership and investment.
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• Introduction
• Understanding the concept of child delinquency in the administration of child justice
• The nature of child justice administration
• International and regional legal framework on child justice administration
• Legal and institutional frameworks on child justice administration in Nigeria
• Legal and institutional frameworks on child justice administration in South Africa
• Reforming child justice administration in Africa : comparative perspectives, conclusion and the way forward.

This interdisciplinary book analyzes the nature of child justice administration in Africa, particularly focusing on Nigeria and South Africa. The author uses a comparative approach in analyzing the legal regime and practice of child justice administration in Africa by recommending South Africa as inspiration for Nigeria since the justice sector in South Africa is significantly more developed. It further investigates various problems and challenges associated with children in the criminal justice system in Africa, thereby contributing to the cross-fertilization and collaboration among African nations that contributes to the development of the continent as a whole. The monograph shows that children are not only neglected by academics and practitioners but also that there is no access to scholarly materials in this area of law in Africa. This work contributes to knowledge in the area of law and methodology on the issue of child justice administration, development studies, political science, and African studies.
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• Introduction
• Nature and scope of business and human rights challenges in Africa
• Corporate governance paradigms and regulatory framework
• Corporate duty to respect human rights
• Integrating a rights-based approach to developmental projects
• Access to effective judicial and non-judicial remedies
• Policy and legal framework in Nigeria
• Policy and legal framework in South Africa
• Policy and legal framework in Kenya
• The future of business and human rights in Africa

"This book examines the contemporary and contentious question of the critical connections between business and human rights, and the implementation of socially responsible norms in developing countries, with particular reference to Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa. Business enterprises and transnational corporate actors operate in a complex global environment, especially when operating in high risks sectors such as oil and gas, mining, construction, banking, and health care amongst others. Understanding human rights responsibilities, impacts and socially responsible behaviour for companies is therefore an essential component of corporate risk management in our current world. The release of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, an instrument consisting of 31 principles on this issue, has further underscored the emergence of a rapidly developing set of international law norms on human rights responsibilities of businesses and transnational corporations. It has also shaped the discourse on corporate accountability for human rights. In addition to minimizing litigation, financial and reputational risks, understanding and demonstrating corporate respect for human rights is vital to building a culture of trust and integrity amongst local communities, investors, and shareholders. While Africa has been at the receiving end of deleterious activities of corporate actors, it has failed to address corporate impunity and human rights violations by non-state actors. Questions abound revolving around the underpinnings of a corporate responsibility to respect human rights, that is, how non-western and particularly African conceptions of respect may help develop a 'beyond do no harm' approach to respect; policy discourses on human rights due diligence, human rights impact assessment; mandating corporate respect for human rights in both domestic and international law. This book examines, clarifies, and unpacks the guiding principles of a rights-based approach to development and social inclusion. It offers an excellent exposition of regulatory capacity, institutional efficacy and democratic legitimacy of governance institutions that shape development including a comprehensive analysis of how states are shaping business and human rights discourses locally to develop a critical understanding of identified issues by exploring the latest theories through comparative lenses"-- Provided by publisher

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The protection of and assistance to IDPs under international law
• 3. The evolution and scope of regional norms and institutions on internal displacement in Africa
• 4. The Kampala Convention: Rationale, Preparatory Work and Legal Resource
• 5. Substantive Provisions of the Kampala Convention
• 6. Implementation and its challenges
• 7. Conclusion.
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As of the end of 2015, there were 40.8 civilians who had been internally displaced by conflicts and effects of natural disasters in various parts of the world. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are currently the largest group of persons receiving assistance from some of the main international humanitarian organisations. With the largest concentration of internally displaced persons (IDPs), the African continent has been the worst affected region. While previously IDPs have largely been neglected under international law, the first-ever continental binding treaty on internal displacement, the African Union Convention on the Protection of and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (the Kampala Convention), entered into force on 6 December 2012. As of January 2016, 25 states have ratified the instrument while 40 states have become signatories. This book significantly contributes to the study, policy making and practice on managing internal displacement by presenting the first major systematic examination of the evolution, elements and implementation of the Kampala Convention. It explores the responsibility of the state for the protection of IDPs particularly those who are most vulnerable during armed conflicts, internal strife, natural disasters, human rights violations and other circumstances. The status of ratification of the Convention is reviewed as well as the steps currently being undertaken by governments to implement the Convention. It also analyses the contribution by human rights mechanisms, inter-governmental bodies and UN peace-keeping missions in the implementation of the Convention. The book casts the Kampala Convention in broader institutional and normative developments in Africa and beyond. It demonstrates how concepts such as 'responsibility to protect' and 'sovereignty as responsibility' have begun to make inroads; influencing some of the more progressive instruments adopted by the African Union. It also sheds light on the relationship between the Convention and some regional instruments. In assessing the effectiveness of the Kampala Convention Allehone Abebe argues that the link between the Convention and initiatives on development, human rights and governance in Africa should be fully fostered.
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• Developments and gaps in international law concerning internal displacement
• African regional norms, institutions and internal displacement
• Preparatory work and legal source of the Kampala Convention
• Scope, innovation and limitations
• Implementation and its challenges.

As of the end of 2015, there were 40.8 civilians who had been internally displaced by conflicts and effects of natural disasters in various parts of the world. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are currently the largest group of persons receiving assistance from some of the main international humanitarian organisations. With the largest concentration of internally displaced persons (IDPs), the African continent has been the worst affected region. While previously IDPs have largely been neglected under international law, the first-ever continental binding treaty on internal displacement, the African Union Convention on the Protection of and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (the Kampala Convention), entered into force on 6 December 2012. As of January 2016, 25 states have ratified the instrument while 40 states have become signatories. This book significantly contributes to the study, policy making and practice on managing internal displacement by presenting the first major systematic examination of the evolution, elements and implementation of the Kampala Convention. It explores the responsibility of the state for the protection of IDPs particularly those who are most vulnerable during armed conflicts, internal strife, natural disasters, human rights violations and other circumstances. The status of ratification of the Convention is reviewed as well as the steps currently being undertaken by governments to implement the Convention. It also analyses the contribution by human rights mechanisms, inter-governmental bodies and UN peace-keeping missions in the implementation of the Convention. The book casts the Kampala Convention in broader institutional and normative developments in Africa and beyond. It demonstrates how concepts such as 'responsibility to protect' and 'sovereignty as responsibility' have begun to make inroads; influencing some of the more progressive instruments adopted by the African Union. It also sheds light on the relationship between the Convention and some regional instruments. In assessing the effectiveness of the Kampala Convention Allehone Abebe argues that the link between the Convention and initiatives on development, human rights and governance in Africa should be fully fostered.
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• The development of the children's convention
• The protection of human rights in Africa
• The domestication of international law : measures taken by African countries to harmonize national laws and policies with the provisions of the CRC
• The influence of the CRC on the legislations of African states.

• Introduction
• The public interest role of investment regulation
• The rule of law and depoliticisation of investment disputes
• Developing alternatives to investor-state dispute settlement
• Promoting development and human rights through investment treaties
• Domestic investment regulation and the influence of regional investment agreements
• Conclusion and recommendations.

This book studies the international investment law regime in Africa and provides a comprehensive analysis of the current treaty practices in Africa from global, regional and domestic perspectives. It develops a public interest regulation theory to highlight the role of investment regulation in sustainable development and the protection of human rights. In doing so, the book identifies seven factors that should be considered by arbitrators in resolving international investment disputes that affect the public interest. It considers how corporations can be held accountable through investment treaties in the absence of a global treaty on business and human rights while protecting the rights of investors and their investments. Furthermore, the book explores the current objectives and features of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) as well as the deficiencies and its intersection with the rule of law. It identifies alternatives for ISDS and the extent to which these alternatives address the objectives of attracting investment, depoliticise investment disputes, promote the rule of law and offer remedies to investors. These solutions are offered in relation to the protection of human rights, the promotion of sustainable development and the right of states to introduce domestic public interest regulation. Finally, the book takes a prospective stance and discusses future trends for dispute settlement and investment rulemaking in Africa.
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• 1. Introduction
• 2: The Public Interest Role of Investment Regulation
• 3. The Rule of Law and Depoliticisation of Investment Disputes
• 4. Alternatives to Investor-State Dispute Settlement
• 5. Promoting Development and Human Rights Through Investment Treaties
• 6. Domestic Investment Regulation and the Influence of Regional Investment Agreements
• 7. Conclusion and Recommendations.
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This book studies the international investment law regime in Africa and provides a comprehensive analysis of the current treaty practices in Africa from global, regional and domestic perspectives. It develops a public interest regulation theory to highlight the role of investment regulation in sustainable development and the protection of human rights. In doing so, the book identifies seven factors that should be considered by arbitrators in resolving international investment disputes that affect the public interest. It considers how corporations can be held accountable through investment treaties in the absence of a global treaty on business and human rights while protecting the rights of investors and their investments. Furthermore, the book explores the current objectives and features of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) as well as the deficiencies and its intersection with the rule of law. It identifies alternatives for ISDS and the extent to which these alternatives address the objectives of attracting investment, depoliticise investment disputes, promote the rule of law and offer remedies to investors. These solutions are offered in relation to the protection of human rights, the promotion of sustainable development and the right of states to introduce domestic public interest regulation. Finally, the book takes a prospective stance and discusses future trends for dispute settlement and investment rulemaking in Africa.
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• Introduction: Emerging issues, internal displacement and regional legal protection in Africa
• Emerging issues : conceptual clarification
• Emerging issues and internal displacement in Africa : interlinkages
• Legal protection in emerging contexts
• Conclusion and recommendations

This book focuses on emerging issues related to internal displacement in Africa. The six principal issues discussed are climate change, technology, xenophobia, harmful practices, generalized violence and development projects. Increasingly, the need to understand the root causes of the dimensions of internal displacement and the dimensions in which this displacement manifests have become a pertinent rhetoric in the discussion on internal displacement. Therefore, this monograph examines emerging issues for which there is very little in the internal displacement discussion, with the aim of providing knowledge within African regional contexts to advance law and policy formation. The novelty of this book lies in the fact that it moves beyond the conventional discussion on internal displacement into grey areas on the subject in Africa, leveraging the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (the Kampala Convention). This book will be a significant reference point for researchers, professors, practitioners, judges, policy makers, international organizations, regional bodies, lawyers and scholars in the fields of migration, forced migration, and regional institutions.
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• 1. The international law on development-induced displacement 2. Development projects as a displacement phenomenon in Africa 3. The development of the Kampala Convention as a regional response 4. Development projects and human rights: striking a balance between the imperative and the rights of persons likely to be displaced 5. Regulating private actors in the prevention of development-induced displacement 6. Conclusion and Recommendations
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Within the context of the 2009 Kampala Convention, this book examines how a balance can be struck between the imperative of development projects and the rights of persons likely to be displaced in Africa. Following independence, many African states embarked on large-scale development projects such as dams, urban renewal and extraction of natural resources and have had to grapple with how to protect displaced communities while implementing development projects. These projects were considered a panacea for Africa's development and the economic interests of the majority were often considered over and above the interests of the minority of people who were displaced by these projects .This book examines how a balance can be struck between the imperative of development and the rights of displaced persons within the context of the African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (the Kampala Convention). Romola Adeola analyses the obligations that are placed on African states by the Kampala Convention in the context of development-induced displacement. This book will be of interest to scholars of human rights law, forced migration, African Studies and development.
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• Abbreviated Sample from Table of Contents: Foreword by Peter Duff
• Volume 1 - Chapter One: Introduction
• Chapter Two: Do Human Rights have a History in Africa? Linking the Past to the Present: Law, Colonialism, Democracy, and Freedom of Expression
• Chapter Three: The African Charter on Human Peoples' Rights: Innovative and Flawed
• Chapter Four: Freedom of Expression in Africa: Case-Law Concerning Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. Volume 2 - Chapter Five: Criteria for Assessing and Challenging the "Legality" and "legitimacy" of the Interference with Freedom of Expression: A Measure of legal, Protection against the Acts of Arbitrary and Oppressive Governments
• Chapter Six: Do Traditional African Culture and Values Conflict with Freedom of Expression and much more.
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Groundbreaking research that is concerned about the impact of African governments' criminal penalties for defamatory statements and policies restricting the legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of expression. This book examines how the intolerant culture in African politics is used to deprive citizens and the media of these human rights.
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• volume 1. Introduction
• Do human rights have a history in Africa? : linking the past to the present : law, colonialism, democracy, and freedom of expression
• The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights : innovative and flawed
• Freedom of expression in Africa : case-law concerning Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.

• volume 2. Criteria for assessing and challenging the "legality" and "legitimacy" of the interference with freedom of expression : a measure of legal protection against the acts of arbitrary and oppressive governments
• Do traditional African culture and values conflict with freedom of expression : individual rights versus group protection
• General conclusions and perspective.

Groundbreaking research that is concerned about the impact of African governments' criminal penalties for defamatory statements and policies restricting the legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of expression. This book examines how the intolerant culture in African politics is used to deprive citizens and the media of these human rights.
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• General introduction and overview.- Exploring the conceptual domains for patent discourse in global trade relations.- Evolutionary trajectories of patents and the politics of exclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa.- The `myth' of patent justifications: triumph and failure dichotomy in the north and south.- Patent regulatory and institutional mechanisms in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Pharmaceutical patents, the right to health, and constitutional supremacy in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Pharmaceutical patents and human development in Sub-Saharan Africa.- General conclusions.
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This book critically investigates the patent protection of medication in light of the threats posed by HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis epidemics to the citizens of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (hereinafter "SSA" or "Africa"). The book outlines the systemic problems associated with the prevailing globalized patent regime and the regime's inability to promote access to life-saving medication at affordable prices in SSA. It argues that for pharmaceutical patents to retain their relevance in SSA countries, human development concepts must be integrated into global patent law- and policy-making. An integrative approach implies developing additional public health and human development exceptions/limitations to the exercise of patent rights with the goal of scaling up access to medication that can treat epidemics in SSA. By drawing on multiple perspectives of laws, institutions, practices, and politics, the book suggests that SSA countries adopt an evidence-based approach to implementing global patent standards in domestic jurisdictions. This evidence-based approach would include mechanisms like local need assessments and the use of empirical data to shape domestic patent law-making endeavors. The approach also implies revising patent rules and policies with a pro-poor and pro-health emphasis, so that medication will be more affordable and accessible to the citizens of SSA countries. It also suggests considering the opinions of individuals and pro-access institutions in enacting crucial pieces of health-related statutes in SSA countries. The approach in this book is sensitive to the public health needs of the citizens affected by epidemics and to the imperative of building local manufacturing facilities for pharmaceutical research and development in SSA.
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• General introduction and overview
• Exploring the conceptual domains for patent discourse in global trade relations
• Evolutionary trajectories of patents and the politics of exclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
• The 'myth' of patent justifications : triumph and failure dichotomy in the North and South
• Patent regulatory and institutional mechanisms in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Pharmaceutical patents, the right to health, and constitutional supremacy in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Pharmaceutical patents and human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
• General conclusions.

This book critically investigates the patent protection of medication in light of the threats posed by HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis epidemics to the citizens of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (hereinafter "SSA" or "Africa"). The book outlines the systemic problems associated with the prevailing globalized patent regime and the regime's inability to promote access to life-saving medication at affordable prices in SSA. It argues that for pharmaceutical patents to retain their relevance in SSA countries, human development concepts must be integrated into global patent law- and policy-making. An integrative approach implies developing additional public health and human development exceptions/limitations to the exercise of patent rights with the goal of scaling up access to medication that can treat epidemics in SSA. By drawing on multiple perspectives of laws, institutions, practices, and politics, the book suggests that SSA countries adopt an evidence-based approach to implementing global patent standards in domestic jurisdictions. This evidence-based approach would include mechanisms like local need assessments and the use of empirical data to shape domestic patent law-making endeavors. The approach also implies revising patent rules and policies with a pro-poor and pro-health emphasis, so that medication will be more affordable and accessible to the citizens of SSA countries. It also suggests considering the opinions of individuals and pro-access institutions in enacting crucial pieces of health-related statutes in SSA countries. The approach in this book is sensitive to the public health needs of the citizens affected by epidemics and to the imperative of building local manufacturing facilities for pharmaceutical research and development in SSA.
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• [1] Eastern and Southern Africa
• [2] West and Central Africa.