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”).

Trading Economy for Public Health? Malawi’s Most Recent Dilemma

Gift Gawanani MaulukaDec 1, 20237 min read
Trading Economy for Public Health? Malawi’s Most Recent Dilemma

Introduction In the complex policymaking landscape, nations often confront a profound dilemma when economically crucial industries collide with public health imperatives.[1] This challenge is exemplified…

Back to the Drawing Board: How Data Protection Impact Assessment Discourse Is Shaping Maisha Namba Project in Kenya 

Nelson OtienoNov 24, 20236 min read
Back to the Drawing Board: How Data Protection Impact Assessment Discourse Is Shaping Maisha Namba Project in Kenya 

A New Digital ID Project  Digital IDs are touted in the African Union Digital Transformation Strategy 2020-2030 as a tool for development. However, the roll-out…

No Place of a Refuge? The Disturbing Trend of Reconceiving International Refugee Law

Louis GitinywaNov 3, 202312 min read
No Place of a Refuge? The Disturbing Trend of Reconceiving International Refugee Law

Reflections and Perspectives on the Externalization of the UK Asylum Policy in Rwanda Since 2015, there has been a movement of people reaching the shores…

Strides in Indigenous Land Rights Protection: The Influence of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Lisa KlingshirnOct 6, 20239 min read
Strides in Indigenous Land Rights Protection: The Influence of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Introduction Indigenous Peoples with diverse cultures and customs live all over the world. Their customs and rituals precede today’s structures. With this in mind, these…

Decoupling the Concurrency: Should Transitional Justice or the National Dialogue Process Come First in Ethiopia?

Jara Samuel TuraSep 29, 20239 min read
Decoupling the Concurrency: Should Transitional Justice or the National Dialogue Process Come First in Ethiopia?

Introduction After the EPRDF was dismantled and Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s reformist prime minister, held power in 2018, several momentous initiatives were put into place as…

Lessons from Kenyan Government’s Response to Worldcoin Biometric Crypto Project

Prof. Dr Thoko KaimeSep 22, 20237 min read
Lessons from Kenyan Government’s Response to Worldcoin Biometric Crypto Project

‘So far, the government’s attempts at regulating data processing activities of WorldCoin through suspension and investigations have been reactive, belated, lukewarm, and conflicted.’  I. WorldCoin’s…