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Taking a critical look at conflict resolution and human rights from the Organisation of African Unity to the African Union
Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2004.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/1083 Taking a critical look at conflict resolution and human rights from the Organisation of African Unity to the African Union Hill, Enid Foley, Edmund Amarkwei UCTD Conflict resolution Human rights Organisation of African Unity African Union Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration (CMCA) Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution Peace and Security Council of the African Union Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2004. Prepared under the supervision of Dr. Enid Hill at the Department of Political Science, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, American University in Cairo, Egypt "The Organisation of African Unity (OAU), in spite of its commitments to human rights, failed to develop its institutions for conflict resolution and thus address the problem of massive and grave human rights violations that occurred as a result of conflicts. The OAU failed to actively engage the African Commission, which was established to promote and protect human rights, in addressing any of the conflicts in Africa. The OAU also failed to take action on the reports of the African Commission, in which the Commission had highlighted cases of massive and grave violations of human rights occasioned from conflicts. Consequently, most of the conflicts in Africa have not been fully resolved and there are still instances of sporadic outbreaks of violent conflicts with fatal consequences. The African Union (AU) improves upon the commitment of the OAU to human rights and conflict resolution by incorporating human rights norms into its Constitutive Act and the establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AUPSC). However, the AU is yet to demonstrate its real commitment to human rights and conflict resolution particularly in taking action on reports of violations of human rights occurring as a result of conflicts. ... This thesis is composed of five chapters. This first chapter provides a general introduction to the thesis and outlines its structure. Chapter two looks at the relationship between human rights and conflict resolution and examines some of the tensions that exist between the two fields in terms of their normative standards, objectives and strategies. The third chapter then looks at the mechanisms for conflict resolution in Africa under the OAU, manely the Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration (CMCA) and the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution (MCPMR), their successes and failures and the lessons that can be drawn from their performance and also discusses the role of the African Commission in conflict resolution. Chapter four discusses the AUPSC, its structure, powers, organisaton and performance so far. Chapter five covers the conclusions and recommendations of the study." -- Introduction. http://www.chr.up.ac.za/academic_pro/llm1/llm1.html Centre for Human Rights LLM 2006-11-14T11:19:01Z 2006-11-14T11:19:01Z Oct-04 2004 Mini Dissertation Foley, EA 2004, Taking a critical look at conflict resolution and human rights from the Organisation of African Unity to the African Union, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1083> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1083 en LLM Dissertations 2004(8) Centre for Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Pretoria 342331 bytes application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Conflict resolution Human rights Organisation of African Unity African Union Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration (CMCA) Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution Peace and Security Council of the African Union Taking a critical look at conflict resolution and human rights from the Organisation of African Unity to the African Union |
| title | Taking a critical look at conflict resolution and human rights from the Organisation of African Unity to the African Union |
| title_full | Taking a critical look at conflict resolution and human rights from the Organisation of African Unity to the African Union |
| title_fullStr | Taking a critical look at conflict resolution and human rights from the Organisation of African Unity to the African Union |
| title_full_unstemmed | Taking a critical look at conflict resolution and human rights from the Organisation of African Unity to the African Union |
| title_short | Taking a critical look at conflict resolution and human rights from the Organisation of African Unity to the African Union |
| title_sort | taking a critical look at conflict resolution and human rights from the organisation of african unity to the african union |
| topic | UCTD Conflict resolution Human rights Organisation of African Unity African Union Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration (CMCA) Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution Peace and Security Council of the African Union |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1083 |