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• Part 1: Introduction Foreword, Justice Richard Goldstone Introduction, Dan Kuwali and Frans Viljoen
• Part 2: Conceptual Issues 1. The Rationale of Article 4(h), Dan Kuwali 2.What is 'intervention' under Article 4(h)?, Dan Kuwali 3. Calibrating the Conceptual Contours of Article 4(h), Ademola Abass 4. The Role of the UN Security Council in the Implementation of Article 4(h), Martin Kunschak 5. The International Crimes that Trigger Article 4(h)-intervention, Martin Kunschak 6. Interpreting and Implementing Article 4(h) from Ethical Perspectives, Brian D. Lepard 7. Article 4(h) and the Citizen's Right to be Protected, Jan Mutton 8. Article 4(h) Intervention: Prospects and problems, Francis Kofi Abiew
• Part 3: Institutional Perspectives 9. Article 4(h): A Supernational perspective, Babatunde Fagbayibo 10. The Role of the African Peace and Security Architecture in Implementation of Article 4(h), Tim Murithi 11. The Role of the African Union Continental Early Warning System in Preventing Mass Atrocities, John Mark Iyi 12. The Role of the African Standby Force in Implementing Article 4(h), Charles T. Hunt
• Part 4. Preventing Mechanisms 13. The Role of the African Human Rights System in Preventing Mass Atrocities, Solomon A. Dersso 14. The role of the African Peer Review Mechanism in preventing mass atrocities, Thembani Mbadlanyana 15. Article 4(h): Advancing the states' capacity to protect and prevent atrocities, Rachel Gerber 16. The Role of the Special Procedures and Other Measures of the UN Human Rights Council in Preventing Mass Atrocities in Africa, Christine Evans and Jane Connors
• Part 5. Operationalization 17. Drawing Lessons from ECOWAS for Implementing Article 4(h) Intervention, Bright Nkrumah and Frans Viljoen 18. Multilateral Intervention: The AMISOM Experience, Gilbert Mittawa and Fred Mugisha 19. Article 4(h): Translating Politcal Commitment into Collective Action, Frank Okyere, Kwesi Aning and Susan Nelson 20. Mobilizing the Political Will for Article 4(h)-Intervention, Madalisto Z. Phiri and Blaise G. Saenda 21. Article 4(h): Generating the Capability to Protect Populations from Mass Atrocities in Africa, Henry L. Odillo 22. Ensuring Responsibility While Implementing Article 4(h), Noel M. Morada 23. Supporting African Solutions to African Problems: IBSA and the implementation of Article 4(h), Naomi Kikoker
• Part 6: Conclusions 24. Conclusion, Dan Kuwali and Frans Viljoen 25. The Pretoria Principles: A Commentary, Dan Kuwali and Frans Viljoen.
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Situations of serious or massive violations of human rights are no longer purely of domestic concern, and sovereignty can no longer be an absolute shield for repressive governments in such circumstances. Based on this realization, the international community has recognized a responsibility to protect individuals in states where their governments are unable or unwilling to provide protection against the most serious violations. However, so far, only one intergovernmental organization, the African Union (AU), has explicitly made the right to intervene in a Member State part of its foundational text in Article 4(h) of its Constitutive Act. Although there have been cases of Article 4(h)-type interventions in Africa, the AU Assembly has not yet invoked Article 4(h) explicitly. This book brings together experts in the field to explore the potential application of Article 4(h), and the complexities that may explain its non-invocation so far. Although Article 4(h) is noble in purpose, its implementation faces several legal and policy challenges given that the use of force penetrates the principles of state sovereignty and non-intervention - the very cornerstones upon which the AU is founded. This book considers these issues, as well as the need to reconcile Article 4(h), in so far as it allows the AU to exercise military intervention to protect populations at risk of mass atrocities, with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. Drawing from the insights of law, political science, diplomacy and military strategy, the book offers a unique combination of multi-disciplinary expertise that harnesses the views of a diverse group of authors, focused on the legal, policy, and practical insights on the implementation of Article 4(h) and the responsibility to protect in Africa in order to provide concrete recommendations on how to end mass atrocities on the continent.
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• African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
• Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
• Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
• Constitutive Act of the African Union (2000)
• Rules of court
• African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights practice directions
• Protocol to the Court of Justice of the African Union
• Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights
• African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
• African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption
• African Union Non-Aggression and Common Defence Pact
• Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa
• Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes Within Africa
• Host Agreement Between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the African Union on the Seat of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights in Arusha, Tanzania
• Oau Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa
• Oau Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism.

• Human rights protection in Africa : historical perspective
• Judicial and quasi-judicial human rights institutions in Africa
• The African Court of Justice and human rights : challenges and prospects.

• Regional integration in Africa
• African regional community courts
• Methodology
• Procedure of and before regional community courts
• Relational aspects of regional integration
• Integration through human rights protection
• Contempt of court : the problems of non-compliance.

"African regional communities have been portrayed by international legal scholars on a regular basis. Yet, this is only partially the case with regard to their respective judicial organs. For the first time a contribution exclusively focuses on the West African ECOWAS, the Southern African SADC and the East African EAC courts and their jurisprudence. After outlining the potential of community courts to contribute to integration follows a microscopic analysis of pertinent extracts from their judgments regarding the courts' methodology, their jurisdiction and procedural law, the hierarchy between community and national legislation, the question of regional human rights protection and the essential obstacle to integration, which is non-compliance. The research is completed by evaluating whether the three courts had a share in the integration process and to what extent they are able to further promote integration in the future."-- Provided by publisher.

• Preface
• Transition from the OAU to the AU
• Objectives and principles
• Admission to and withdrawal from the AU : the amendment of the Constitutive Act : the question of unratified OAU/AU treaties
• Imposition of punitive measures by the AU
• Organs
• Privileges and immunities
• Finances
• Settlement of disputes
• Human rights
• Refugees
• Economic cooperation
• Environment
• Other areas of activity
• Cooperation on economic affairs
• Cooperation on matters of peace and security.

"The monograph proceeds logically from the organization's genesis and historical development to the structure of its membership, its various organs and their mandates, its role in intergovernmental cooperation, and its interaction with decisions taken at the national level. Its competence, its financial management, and the nature and applicability of its data and publications are fully described."-- Back cover.

• Du mouvement panafricaniste à l'Union Africane
• Structure et organes de l'Union Africane
• Intégration économique, développement et bonne gouvernance
• Paix et sécurité
• Droit de l'homme.

• Introduction
• The development of the concepts of African law and African Union law
• Ascertaining the sources of African Union law : a needle in a haystack?
• Membership of the African Union
• African economic and business law : green shoots in the new economic legal order
• Peace, security, the rule of law and African Union law
• Human rights in African Union law
• Economic, social and cultural rights and group rights in African Union law
• Custom, morality, and African Union law : the case of sexual orientation in Africa
• Enforcement of African Union law
• Conclusions
• Appendix 1. Constitutive Act of the African Union
• Appendix 2. Protocol on Amendments to the Constitutive Act of the African Union.

This book explores the emergence of African Union (AU) law as a legal order and its implications for existing order in the region. As an authoritative text on the development of AU law, the book covers such pertinent issues as legislative powers, competences, direct effect in AU law, subsidiarity, interventionism, and enforcement of laws. Olufemi Amao argues that there is a gradual movement from intergovernmentalism to supranationalism in the African Union legal order, and explores how this trajectory gradually and incrementally de-emphasises the discourse on nation state sovereignty; a concept that has caused many problems in the African context. Drawing upon EU law as a comparison, the book also examines how the development of supranationalism affects crucial issues such as human rights, democratic reforms, territorial matters, tribal and religious disputes, and economic relations. As a comprehensive examination of the development of law within a union, this book will be of great interest and use to students, scholars and practitioners in international law, international relations, and African studies.
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• Part I. From the Pan-Africanist movement to the African Union
• Brief historical overview of steps to African unity / Mohammed Bedjaoui
• The transition from the organisation of African unity to the African Union / Tiyanjana Maluwa
• The African Union : principles and purposes / Stephane Doumbe-Bille
• Part II. Structure and organs of the African Union
• The assembly, executive council and commission / Joram M. Biswaro
• The Pan-African Parliament / Sani L. Mohamed
• The African Court of Justice and Human Rights / Fatsah Ouguergouz
• The Peace and Security Council / Roland Adjovi
• The Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union / Mohamed S. Amr
• Part III. Economic integration, development and good governance
• The African Economic Community / Makane M. Mbengue & Ousseni Illy
• The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) / Edward Kannyo
• The regional economic communities / Stephen Karangizi
• The prohibition of unconstitutional change of government / Muna Ndulo
• The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance / Helene Tigroudja
• The African Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Corruption / Mpazi Sinjela.

• Part IV. Peace and security
• The role of the Union in conflict prevention and resolution / Mesmer L. Gueuyou
• The right of forcible intervention in certain conflicts / Abdulqawi A. Yusuf
• Peacekeeping operations : the examples of Burundi and Sudan / Mutoy Mubiala
• The African Union's relationship with the United Nations in the maintenance of peace and security / Djaboca L. Tehindrazanarivelo
• The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / Michelo Hansungule
• The Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa / Rachel Mayanja
• The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child / Chris M. Peter & Ummy A. Mwalimu
• The Convention governing the specific aspects of refugee problems in Africa / Osita C. Eze.

It is the goal of this volume to provide a comprehensive work which addresses the institution of the AU, its organs and structures, the scope of its operations, its legal framework and the normative standards underpinning its objectives and functions or those underlying the conventions, charters, and protocols it has enacted or inherited from its predecessor, the OAU. This was not conceived as a scholarly treatise, but as a manual to serve as a basic introduction to the institutional and legal framework of the AU and its affiliated organization. It is meant to offer a concise and clear picture of the nature and workings of a continental institution aimed not only at promoting peace and unity in Africa but also at ensuring human security, development, human rights protection and good governance for the peoples of Africa.

• Editors and Contributing Authors PREFACE, Jean Ping, Chairperson of the African Union Commission INTRODUCTION, Abdulqawi A. Yusuf & Fatsah Ouguergouz I. From the Pan-Africanist Movement to the African Union
• 1. Brief Historical Overview of Steps to African Unity, Mohammed Bedjaoui
• 2. The Transition from the Organisation of African Unity to the African Union, Tiyanjana Maluwa
• 3. The African Union: Principles and Purposes, Stephane Doumbe-Bille II. Structure and Organs of the African Union
• 4. The Assembly, Executive Council and Commission, Joram M. Biswaro
• 5. The Pan-African Parliament, Sani L. Mohamed
• 6. The African Court of Justice and Human Rights, Fatsah Ouguergouz
• 7. The Peace and Security Council, Roland Adjovi
• 8. The Economic, Social and Cultural, Mohamed S. Amr III. Economic Integration, Development and Good Governance
• 9. The African Economic Community, Makane M. Mbengue & Ousseni Illy
• 10. The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), Edward Kannyo
• 11. The Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Stephen Karangizi
• 12. The Prohibition of Unconstitutional Change of Government, Muna Ndulo
• 13. The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, Helene Tigroudja
• 14. The African Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Corruption, Mpazi Sinjela IV. Peace and Security
• 15. The Role of the Union in Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Mesmer L. Gueuyou
• 16. The Right of Forcible Intervention in Certain Conflicts, Abdulqawi A. Yusuf
• 17. Peacekeeping Operations: The Examples of Burundi and Sudan, Mutoy Mubiala
• 18. The African Union's Relationship with the United Nations in the Maintenance of Peace and Security, DjacobaL. Tehindrazanarivelo V. Human Rights
• 19. The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, Michelo Hansungule
• 20. The Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, Rachel Mayanja
• 21. The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Chris M. Peter & Ummy A. Mwalimu
• 22. The Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, Osita C. Eze APPENDICES A. Sirte Declaration (1999) B. Constitutive Act of the African Union (2000) C. Maputo Amendment Protocols (2003) D. Index of African Union Instruments and Organs/Agencies INDEX.
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This work is an introduction to the origins, law and institutions of the African Union (AU). It examines the evolution, structures, legal standards and operational activities of this Pan-African organization, which replaced the Organization of African Unity (OAU) 10 years ago. Although the AU came into being in 2001, so far there is no comprehensive work which addresses the institution, its organs and structures, the scope of its operations, its legal framework and the normative standards underpinning its objectives and functions or those underlying the conventions, charters and protocols it has enacted or inherited from its predecessor, the OAU. It is the aim of this work to fill that void. It has been conceived as a manual, and not as a scholarly treatise, so as to serve as a basic introduction to the institutional and legal framework of the AU and its affiliated organizations. It is meant to offer a concise and clear picture of the nature and workings of a continental institution aimed not only at promoting peace and unity in Africa but also at ensuring human security, development, human rights protection and good governance for the peoples of Africa.
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• Brief historical overview of steps to African unity / Mohammed Bedjaoui
• The transition from the organisation of African unity to the African Union / Tiyanjana Maluwa
• The African Union : principles and purposes / Stéphane Doumbé-Billé
• The assembly, executive council and commission / Joram M. Biswaro
• The Pan-African Parliament / Sani L. Mohamed
• The African Court of Justice and Human Rights / Fatsah Ouguergouz
• The Peace and Security Council / Roland Adjovi
• The Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union / Mohamed S. Amr
• The African Economic Community / Makane M. Mbengue & Ousseni Illy
• The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) / Edward Kannyo
• The regional economic communities / Stephen Karangizi
• The prohibition of unconstitutional change of government / Muna Ndulo
• The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance / Hélène Tigroudja
• The African Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Corruption / Mpazi Sinjela
• The role of the Union in conflict prevention and resolution / Mesmer L. Gueuyou
• The right of forcible intervention in certain conflicts / Abdulqawi A. Yusuf
• Peacekeeping operations : the examples of Burundi and Sudan / Mutoy Mubiala
• The African Union's relationship with the United Nations in the maintenance of peace and security / Djaboca L. Tehindrazanarivelo
• The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / Michelo Hansungule
• The Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa / Rachel Mayanja
• The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child / Chris M. Peter & Ummy A. Mwalimu
• The Convention governing the specific aspects of refugee problems in Africa / Osita C. Eze.

This work is an introduction to the origins, law and institutions of the African Union (AU). It examines the evolution, structures, legal standards and operational activities of this Pan-African organization, which replaced the Organization of African Unity (OAU) 10 years ago. Although the AU came into being in 2001, so far there is no comprehensive work which addresses the institution, its organs and structures, the scope of its operations, its legal framework and the normative standards underpinning its objectives and functions or those underlying the conventions, charters and protocols it has enacted or inherited from its predecessor, the OAU. It is the aim of this work to fill that void. It has been conceived as a manual, and not as a scholarly treatise, so as to serve as a basic introduction to the institutional and legal framework of the AU and its affiliated organizations. It is meant to offer a concise and clear picture of the nature and workings of a continental institution aimed not only at promoting peace and unity in Africa but also at ensuring human security, development, human rights protection and good governance for the peoples of Africa.
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• Les chefferies traditionnelles et les principes de la décentralisation : une coexistence conflictuelle
• La perspective organisationnelle de la décentralisation : un legs historique
• Section I La décentralisation au Togo et au Cameroun inspirée du modèle français
• Section II Un modèle britannique innovant avec la prise en compte des chefferies traditionnelles
• Les chefferies traditionnelles à l'épreuve des compétences administratives et économiques des collectivités décentralisées
• Section I L'organisation administrative des collectivités locales
• Section II Une organisation limitée des ressources économiques
• Les chefferies traditionnelles et la décentralisation : une cohabitation souhaitable
• L'absence d'encadrement juridictionnel des chefferies traditionnelles
• Section I Des chefferies traditionnelles vers des collectivités territoriales
• Section II Le difficile contrôle des collectivités décentralisées
• L'apport relatif des chefferies traditionnelles
• Section I Les chefferies traditionnelles comme acteurs de la politique publique locale
• Section II Les chefferies traditionnelles comme acteurs politiques concurrents.

"Face à l'organisation traditionnelle des différentes sociétés africaines, les processus de décentralisation en Afrique empruntent différents schémas contrairement à ceux observés dans les États modèles comme la France. Cette situation soulève des ambiguïtés juridiques lorsqu'il s'agit d'analyser les principes encadrant la décentralisation dans le contexte des jeunes États d'Afrique. La chefferie traditionnelle, qui s'avère être la seule organisation administrative territoriale africaine originairement connue, fait l'objet d'une appréhension diversifiée. Plutôt que de remettre en cause ce mode d'organisation traditionnel des sociétés africaines, ce dernier peut constituer un atout pour la décentralisation. Cette étude, au-delà d'un bilan sur les processus de décentralisation en Afrique, se veut aussi prospective en offrant une mise à jour des institutions locales en Afrique subsaharienne dans le cadre des réformes territoriales entreprises ces dernières années."--Page 4 of cover.

La citoyenneté est un enjeu majeur de la construction de la Communauté Economique des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Le concept de "citoyenneté communautaire" tend à assurer l'insertion du ressortissant communautaire dans la vie sociale, économique, culturelle, voire politique de l'Etat membre dont il n'est pas ressortissant, mais sur le territoire duquel il réside. Aujourd'hui, le problème de la mobilité des personnes à l'intérieur de l'Afrique de l'Ouest se pose dans une perspective juridique et politique. Cependant, les Etats membres hésitent entre un engagement plus profond et la liberté illusoire qui découle de la flexibilité. L'enjeu est à la fois de créer un cadre propice autour de la croissance économique, de rétablir la confiance des citoyens dans le processus de l'intégration et de répondre au défi de la cohésion. À cette fin, les citoyens communautaires doivent pouvoir exercer pleinement leur droit à la libre circulation sans contrainte, ni entrave