Dictionary of Human Rights Advocacy Organizations in Africa

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Santosh Saha

ISBN: 0-313-30945-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30945-8

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208 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 5/30/1999

List Price: $101.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.95)

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Description: There is a growing tendency in all of the developing countries to see the right to employment, education, and other basic rights as adjuncts to basic political rights. Also, in many African countries there have been movements for expansive rights that should include children's rights and women's rights in addition to the basic civil and political rights. Most current sources have selectively taken into consideration the work of politically oriented groups. This volume includes the status and work of human rights groups in Africa currently working to uphold both the basic as well as the expansive rights.

One possible way of resolving the conflict between relativism and universalism is to project commonalities of norms and values through examinations of many advocacy groups in Africa that highlight the plight of refugees, women, and children as well as civil and political rights. This dictionary lists the current advocacy groups working in Africa to uphold and protect both the basic political rights and the expansive rights of previously unacknowledged segments of the population from governmental infringements. Advocacy groups are listed A to Z with additional resource information following each entry. This book will be a useful reference to students and scholars of African history, Third World Studies, International Human Rights, and Political Science, and Academic libraries.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Dictionary
Appendix I: Human Rights Provisions in the Constitutions of African States
Appendix II: Human Rights Declarations
Bibliography
Index

About the Author: SANTOSH SAHA is Assistant Professor of History at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio.

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