Human Rights Law in Africa, Volume 4 (1999)

The Human Rights Law in Africa series is an evolving reference work on human rights law in Africa. It covers, in particular, the primary documents related to human rights law in Africa of the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity, and the domestic legal systems of all 53 African countries. Some selected factual discussions are also included, as well as bibliographies. The series has been published on an annual basis since 1996 - later volumes supplement and do not replace earlier ones. Each volume covers new documents available to the editors up to the 1st of January of that year. Documents published in earlier volumes and that are still valid are not reprinted in subsequent volumes; instead readers are provided with the appropriate references to earlier volumes.

Review:

'There is no doubt that the Series fills a very important gap, and the wealth of information provided will ensure that it will quickly become an invaluable and indispensable research and reference tool for anyone working in the field of human rights protection in African. The editor is therefore to be warmly congratulated for providing such researchers with this luxury.' Abdul J. Koroma, Judge, International Court of Justice, in Leiden Journal of International Law. 'This work will prove to be an invaluable research tool for all those wishing to investigate the current state of human rights protection in Africa.' The Netherlands International Law Review. 'This book fills a large void.' Immigration and Nationality Law & Practice. 'This book is an excellent contribution to the growing number of publications on African human rights law. It could serve as an important tool for African human rights researchers and advocates.' African Legal Aid Quarterly. 'This compilation provides, between two covers, the fundamental national human rights law of each African nation editor has quite admirably assembled the key provisions on which decision-makers must rely for the rule of law on the African Continent and, thus, a virtual snapshot of the region's positive law on human rights.' American Society of International Law Newsletter. '[The Series] will soon become indispensable in the field of human rights in Africa.' Austrian Review of International and European Law. 'This Series deserves to enjoy the widest possible use in order to make its full contribution to the emerging transformation of the African constitutional and political landscape.' South African Yearbook of International Law. '[The Series] is an easily accessible, informative reference book is is an essential starting point for those wishing to conduct research into any African country and human rights from within or outside Africa.' African Journal of International and Comparative Law/RADIC. 'Indispensable for the researcher.' Annuaire Francais de Droit International. 'The editors are clearly determined to redress the knowledge imbalance in terms of which only materials on Western subjects are regularly available on the shelves or the Internet. With the launch of the Series, this picture is bound to change significantly. Indeed, the Series has already begun to impact positively on African universities and other research institutions. Many scholars otherwise denied access to information on human rights law now have it at their fingertips.' South African Journal on Human Rights. 'There is no doubt that the Series fills a very important gap, and the wealth of information provided will ensure that it will quickly become an invaluable and indispensable research and reference tool for anyone working in the field of human rights protection in African. The editor is therefore to be warmly congratulated for providing such researchers with this luxury.' Abdul J. Koroma, Judge, International Court of Justice, in Leiden Journal of International Law.