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”).

How can we live and govern in ways that will ensure a decent and meaningful livelihood for our grandchildren and their grandchildren?

Dr Tanu BiswasJun 18, 202113 min read
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Source: Markus Spiske ANALYSIS Dr. Tanu Biswas 18 June 2021 * Blog piece based on a forthcoming article co-authored with Prof. Thomas Hylland Eriksen[1] Within…

Customizing the Protection of the African (Girl) Child from Harmful Practices

Dr Tinyade KachikaJun 11, 20215 min read
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Source: United Nations – Department of Economic and Social Affairs COMMENT Tinyade Kachika 11 June 2021 Eliminating all forms of violence against all women and…

Child Labour in Somalia – A Legal Analysis

Lisa StrubeJun 4, 20216 min read
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Source: UNICEF ANALYSIS Lisa Strube 04 June 2021 According to UNICEF, there are 218 million working children between the ages of 5 and 17 years…

Challenging the Orthodoxy: Race, Racism and the Reconfiguration of Economics

Prof. Dr Stefan OumaMay 31, 202114 min read
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Source: M.B.M. ANALYSIS Prof. Dr Stefan Ouma 31 May 2021 Books abound on what is wrong with economics (Chang 2014; Keen 2011; Nelson 2018, Mazzucato…

Pleading for White Responsibility in the Struggle Against Racism

Prof. Dr Susan ArndtMay 28, 20215 min read
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Source: Danny Lines OPINION Prof. Dr. Susan Arndt 28 May 2021 I wish to thank Thoko Kaime for his most powerful intervention. Indeed, the longevity…

Abolitionist and Anti-Racist Struggles in Muslim Africa: The Case of Mauritania

David MallucheMay 28, 20218 min read
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Source: SwissInfo ANALYSIS David Malluche 28 May 2021 In the wake of the recent global rise of Anti-Racist movements, local activists and scholars have brought…