Expanding Boundaries of Human Rights in (East) Africa
[Article]
Philip C. Aka
Leiden
Brill
To what extent has politics in Uganda changed since the era of egregious human rights abuses under General Idi Amin? Using the new book on law and politics in Uganda under Museveni referenced below as focal point, this essay answers that question in a discussion that also sketches three themes, testimony to the plasticity of the human rights doctrine, including the expanding boundaries of human rights in (East) Africa. To what extent has politics in Uganda changed since the era of egregious human rights abuses under General Idi Amin? Using the new book on law and politics in Uganda under Museveni referenced below as focal point, this essay answers that question in a discussion that also sketches three themes, testimony to the plasticity of the human rights doctrine, including the expanding boundaries of human rights in (East) Africa.
2016
99-110
African and Asian Studies
15/1
1569-2108
African Studies
Asian Studies
democracy in Africa
General
human rights
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (lgbt) issues