Human Rights

This is an interdisciplinary platform for exciting insights, opinions, reviews, and critical analyses of human rights issues in Africa. A cross-section of contributors shares and cover human rights issues related to policy, advocacy, practice, and awareness. The insights shared unveil a wide spectrum where human rights principles and theories interface with lived realities of people and communities in Africa.

Besides the blog contributions, the africanlegalstudies.blog and the Chair of African Legal Studies at the University of Bayreuth are constantly developing new initiatives to exchange and engage with scholars and practitioners. These include research projects such as “Intractable Human Rights Issues” or debate series (e.g. “Everyone’s human rights”).

Racism Concerns in Search Results and Implications for Researching on African Issues

Nelson OtienoMay 13, 20225 min read
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Source: Yahoo.com (2022) COMMENT Nelson Otieno 13 May 2022 “Why Africa” Search Results Search results are enabled by algorithms that collect, organize, and categorize data…

Anti-racism in international human rights law – What is radical enough?

Prof. Dr Thoko KaimeMay 6, 20227 min read
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ANALYSIS Thoko Kaime and Isabelle Zundel 06 May 2022 The africanlegalstudies.blog has sent the focus month “Longing for an Anti-Racist World” into a second round.…

‘Even if you Dress Up, you will not Come to the City!’ Promoting Free Movement of Persons by the East African Court of Justice under Mohochi’s Case

Dr Jebby Romanus GonzaApr 29, 202213 min read
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Source: Marco Bianchetti (2020) ANALYSIS Jebby Gonza 29 April 2022 Just as water is significant for a fish’s survival, so is cross border migration a…

Migrating For Football: Re-igniting Concern for the Irregular Migration of African Football Minors

Kilili Nthiw’aApr 22, 202212 min read
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Source: Wesley Tingley (2019) ANALYSIS Kilili Nthiw’a A little more than a decade ago in May of 2007, a boat, a leaking fishing trawler abandoned…

“Carrying the Family Burden”: The Paradox of the Kayayei Migrants in Ghana

John YajalinApr 8, 20229 min read
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ANALYSIS John Yajalin 8 April 2022 Introduction On the 22nd of November, 2021, myjoyonline.com carried a sensational headline: “We are tasked to buy motorbikes and…

Mass influxes from armed conflict in Ukraine: How the African system could provide a model for an expanded global refugee definition

Bantayehu Demlie GezahegnApr 4, 20229 min read
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ANALYSIS Bantayehu Demlie Gezahegn 4 April 2022 In less than a month since 24 February 2022, at least 3.6 million people fled armed conflict in…