The latest issue of the
African Human Rights Law Journal (Vol. 20, no. 2, 2020). Contents include:
- Special focus: Assessing the implications of COVID-19 pandemic regulations for human rights and the rule of law in Eastern and Southern Africa
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Charles Fombad, Editorial introduction
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Charles Manga Fombad & Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf, Comparative overview of the constitutional framework for controlling the exercise of emergency powers in Africa
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Musa Njabulo Shongwe, Eswatini’s legislative response to COVID-19: Whither human rights?
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Nkatha Kabira & Robert Kibugi, Saving the soul of an African constitution: Learning from Kenya’s experience with constitutionalism during COVID-19
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Itumeleng Shale, Implications of Lesotho’s COVID-19 response framework for the rule of law
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Martin van Staden, Constitutional rights and their limitations: A critical appraisal of the COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa
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Mwiza Jo Nkhata & Anganile Willie Mwenifumbo, Livelihoods and legal struggles amidst a pandemic: The human rights implications of the measures adopted to prevent, contain and manage COVID-19 in Malawi
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Woojin Lim, Assessing the implications of digital contact tracing for COVID-19 for human rights and the rule of law in South Africa
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Serges Djoyou Kamga, COVID-19 and the inclusion of learners with disabilities in basic education in South Africa: A critical analysis
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Joseph Geng Akech, Exacerbated inequalities: Implications of COVID-19 for the socio-economic rights of women and children in South Sudan
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James Nkuubi, When guns govern public health: Examining the implications of the militarised COVID-19 pandemic response for democratisation and human rights in Uganda
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Special focus: The African Children’s Charter at 30: Reflections on its past and future contribution to the rights of children in Africa
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Nkatha Murungi, Editorial
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Afrooz Kaviani Johnson & Julia Sloth-Nielsen, Child protection, safeguarding and the role of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child: Looking back and looking ahead
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Elvis Fokala & Annika Rudman, Age or maturity? African children’s right to participate in medical decision-making processes
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Godfrey Dalitso Kangaude, Deevia Bhana & Ann Skelton, Childhood sexuality in Africa: A child rights perspective
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Alina Miamingi, The applicability of the best interests principle to children of imprisoned mothers in contemporary Africa: Between hard and soft law
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Articles
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Obonye Jonas, Res interpretata principle: Giving domestic effect to the judgments of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
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Brenda K Kombo, A missed opportunity? Derogation and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights case of APDF and IHRDA v Mali
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Mikaela Heikkilä & Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso, Vulnerability as a human rights variable: African and European developments
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Hoolo ‘Nyane & Tekane Maqakachane, Standing to litigate in the public interest in Lesotho: The case for a liberal approach
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Mkhululi Nyathi & Matshobana Ncube, The 2017 military coup in Zimbabwe: Implications for human rights and the rule of law
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Roopanand Mahadew, The Children’s Bill of Mauritius: A critical assessment of key aspects
