Title: The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and Human Rights Education: Much Buzzing Still No Honey?
Abstract: Since its enunciation by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights human rights education has grown into an extensive subject within the human rights movement. The fact that African human rights system has been catching up with and is in tune with the global human rights movement is evinced, among other things, by the fact that the region has developed its own bill of rights which underscores the importance of human rights education and declares it as a state obligation. This article studies whether and to what extent the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the region’s human rights watchdog, is protecting and promoting the right to human rights education. The Commission’s track record shows that while the Commission has undertaken steps to ensure human rights education in Africa, its efforts are wanting when looked at the standards that have been achieved at the universal level. While small positive efforts are highlighted the Commission has a long way to go in ensuring that human rights education is a reality in Africa.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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