عنوان

Access to Justice Mechanisms for Individuals and Groups under the African Regional Human Rights System:

LA108166

انگلیسی

Access to Justice Mechanisms for Individuals and Groups under the African Regional Human Rights System:

[Article]

An Appraisal

Celestine Nchekwube Ezennia

Leiden

Brill | Nijhoff

Under the African regional human rights system, relevant legal instruments confer substantive human and peoples' rights on African individuals and groups. There are also some justice mechanisms (judicial and quasi-judicial) for their enforcement at the regional level when local remedies fail or are non-existent. However, due to factors like political influence and the nature of some provisions of some of the instruments, access to the mechanisms and, therefore, to justice, eludes most individuals and groups. This article, inter alia, examines the extent of access guaranteed individuals and groups to the mechanisms available at the African regional level for enforcing their rights against violator African states. It discusses different impediments to this access and the consequent injustice. It suggests reforms, such as amendment of the access-impeding provisions of the relevant instruments. Under the African regional human rights system, relevant legal instruments confer substantive human and peoples' rights on African individuals and groups. There are also some justice mechanisms (judicial and quasi-judicial) for their enforcement at the regional level when local remedies fail or are non-existent. However, due to factors like political influence and the nature of some provisions of some of the instruments, access to the mechanisms and, therefore, to justice, eludes most individuals and groups. This article, inter alia, examines the extent of access guaranteed individuals and groups to the mechanisms available at the African regional level for enforcing their rights against violator African states. It discusses different impediments to this access and the consequent injustice. It suggests reforms, such as amendment of the access-impeding provisions of the relevant instruments.

2015

115-144

African Journal of Legal Studies

8/1-2

1708-7384

Access

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights

enforcement

individuals and groups

International Law: General Interest

justice mechanisms

regional human rights system(s)

substantive human and peoples' rights

Celestine Nchekwube Ezennia

10.1163/17087384-12342058

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