Bibliographie indicative – Droits de la personne humaine en Afrique

  • A. Abass & M.A. Baderin, “Towards Effective Collective Security and Human Rights Protection in Africa: An Assessment of the Constitutive Act of the New African Union”, Netherlands International Law Review, Vol. 49, 2002, pp. 1 et s.
  • Latif O. Adegbite, “African Attitudes to the International Protection of Human Rights”, in A. Eide & A. Schou (eds.), International Protection of Human Rights, 1968, pp. 69 et s.
  • A. Aidoo, « Africa: Democracy Without Human Rights? », Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 15, 1993, pp. 703-715.
  • H. Ait-Ahmed, L’afro-fascisme. Les droits de l’homme de la charte et la pratique de l’OUA, Paris, L’Harmattan, 1980, 437 p.
  • J. Allain & A. O’Shea, “African Disunity: Comparing Human Rights Law and Practice of North and South African States”, Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2002, pp. 86-125.
  • P. Ally Hussein, « Essai d’une critique philosophique africaine de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme » Journal of Oriental and African Studies, 2016, vol. 25, pp. 262-270.
  • B.P. Ambrose, Democratization and the Protection of Human Rights in Africa. Problems and Prospect, Westport, Connecticut, Praeger, Greenwood Publishing group, 1995, 216 p.
  • J.-L. Amselle, « L’Afrique a-t-elle “inventé” les droits de l’homme ? », Syllabus Review, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2011, pp. 446-463.
  • Abdullahi A. An-Na’im & Francis M. Deng (eds.), Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Washington D.C., The Brookings Institution, 1990, xv-399 p.
  • Abdullahi A. An-Na’im (ed.), Universal Rights, Local Remedies: Implementing Human Rights in the Legal Systems of Africa, London, Interights, 1999
  • E.A. Ankumah, “Universality of Human Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights”, in Universaliteit van Mensrenrechten, Leiden, Stichting NJCM-Boekerij, 1992, pp. 25-38.
  • A.E. Anthony, “Beyond the Paper Tiger: The Challenge of a Human Rights Court in Africa”, TILJ, Vol. 32, 1997, pp. 511 et s.
  • N.K. Appea Busia, Jr., “The Status of Human Rights in Pre-Colonial Africa: Implications for Contemporary Practices”, in E. McCarthy-Arnolds et al. (eds.), Africa, Human Rights, and the Global System, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994, pp. 225-250.
  • A. Armstrong, M. Chuulu, C. Himonga, P. Letuka, K. Mokobi, W. Ncube, T. Nhlapo, B. Rwezaura & P. Vilakazi, “Towards a Cultural Understanding of the Interplay between Children’s and Women’s Rights: An Eastern and Southern African Perspective”, The International Journal of Children’s Rights, Vol. 3, 1995, pp. 333-368.
  • S.K.B. Asante, “Nation Building and Human Rights in Emerging African Nations”, Cornell International Law Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1969, pp. 72-107.
  • A.M. Babu, “Human Rights and the One-Party State in Africa”, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1989, pp.188-191.
  • I. Badawi El-Sheikh, “The African Commission in Human and Peoples’ Rights: Prospects and Problems », Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1989, pp. 272-283.
  • F. Banda, Women, Law and Human Rights: An African Perspective, Oxford/Portland, Hart Publishing, 2005
  • E.G. Bello, “Human Rights: The Rule of Law in Africa”, The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 30, 1981, pp. 628-637.
  • E. G. Bello, « The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. A legal analysis », Recueil des cours de l’Académie de droi tinternational, 1985-V, t. 194, pp. 9-268.
  • W. Benedek, « Peoples’ Rights and Individuals’ Duties as Special Features of the African Charter’ on Human and Peoples’ Rights », in P. Kunig, W. Benedek & C.R. Mahalu (eds.), Regional Protection of Human Rights byInternational Law: The Emerging African System, Baden-Baden, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 1985
  • W. Benedek, “The African Charter and Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: How to Make it More Effective”, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1993, pp. 25-40.
  • L. Berat, “Prosecuting Human Rights Violators from a Predecessor Regime: Guidelines for a Transformed South Africa », B.C. Third World L.J., Vol. 13, 1993, pp. 199-231.
  • G. Bindman (ed), South Africa: Human Rights and the Rule of Law, London, New York, Pinter Publishers, 1988, 159 p.
  • Y.K. Brian Sang, “Improving he Protection of Human and Peoples’ Rights in Africa: Reflections from the Yogogombaye Case”, African Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 20, Issue 3, 2012, pp. 341-364.
  • L. Burguorgue-Larsen, Les 3 Cours régionales des droits de l’homme in context. La justice qui n’allait pas de soi, Paris, Pedone, 2020
  • Nana K.A. Busia & Bibiane G. Mbaye, “Filing Communications on Economic and Social Rights under the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (the Banjul Charter)”, East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights Vol. 3, 1996, pp. 188-199.
  • F. Butegwa, “Mediating Culture and Human Rights in Favour of Land Rights for Women in Africa: A Framework for Community Level Action”, in A. An-Na’im (ed.), Cultural Transformation and Human Rights in Africa, London, Zed Books, 2002
  • R.S. Clark, “The International League for Human Rights and Southwest Africa 1947-1957: The Human Rights NGO as Catalyst in the International Legal Process”, Human Rights Quarterly: A Comparative and International Journal of the Social Sciences, Philosophy, and Law, Vol. 3, No. 4, 1981, pp. 101-136.

J. A. M. Cobbah, « African Values and the Human Rights Debate : An African Perspective », Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 3, 1987, pp. 309-331.

H. De Contenson, « Les principales étapes de l’Ethiopie antique », Cahiers d’études africaines, vol. 2, n° 5, 1961. pp. 12-23 ; doi : https://doi.org/10.3406/cea.1961.2960

F. M. Deng, « A Cultural Approach to Human Rights among the Dinka », in A. A. An-Naim & F. M. Deng (dir.), Human Rights in Africa – Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Washington D.C., The Brookings Institution, 1990, pp. 243-260.

J. Desmond Clark, « The Prehistoric Origins of African Culture”, The Journal of African History, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1964, pp. 161-183.

S. B. Diagne, « Philosophie africaine et Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples », Critique, vol. 771-772, n° 8-9, 2011

S.T. Ebobrah, “Litigating Human Rights Before Sub-Regional Courts in Africa: Prospects and Challenges”,, African Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2009, pp. 79-101.

S.T. Ebobrah, “Human rights development in Sub-regional courts in Africa during 2008”, African Human Rights Law Journal, No. 9, 2009, pp. 312-335.

S.T. Ebobrah, “Application of the African Charter by African sub-regional Organizations: Gains, pains and the futur”,, Law, Democracy and Development, Vol. 16, 2012, pp. 49-68.

R. Gittleman, « The African Charter on Human Rights and People’s Rights: A Legal Analysis », 22 Virginia J.I.L. 1982, pp. 668 ss.

R. Gittleman, « The Banjul Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: A legal Analysis », in C. E. (Jr) Welch, R. I. Meltzer (eds., Human Rights and Development in Africa, Albany, State University of New York, 1984, pp. 152 ss.

M. Glele-Ahanhanzo, « Introduction à la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples », in Etudes offertes à C. A. Colliard, Paris, Pedone, 1984, pp. 511-538.

M. Hansungule, “La Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples”, in Yusuf, A. A. & Ouguergouz F. (dir.), L’Union africaine : Cadre juridique et institutionnel. Manuel sur l’organisation panafricaine, Paris, Pedone, 2013, pp. 363-386.

  • H. Hannum, “The Butare Coloquium on Human Rights and Economic Development in Francophone Africa: A Summary and Analysis”, in Universal Human Rights: A Comparative and International Journal of the Social Sciences, Philosophy and Law, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1979, pp. 63-87.

A. Hellum, “Human Rights Encountering Gendered Land and Water Uses: Family Gardens and the Right to Water in Mhondoro Communal Land”, in A. Hellum, J. Stewart, S. Sardar Ali and A. Tsanga (eds), Human Rights, Plural Legalities and Gendered Realities: Paths are Made by Walking, Harare, Southern and Eastern African Regional Centre for Women’s Law, 2007

R. Howard, “Human Rights and Personal Law: Women in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Vol. 12, No. 1/2, Journal of Africanist Opinion, 1982, pp. 45-52.

R. Howard, “The Full-Belly Thesis: Should Economic Rights take Priority over Civil and Political Rights?: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa”, Human Rights Quarterly : A Comparative and International Journal of the Social Sciences, Philosophy, and Law, Vol. 5, 1983, pp. 467-490.

R. Howard, Human Rights in Commonwealth Africa, Totowa, N.J., Rowman & Littlefield, 1986, 250 p.

R. Howard, “Group versus Individual Dignity in the African Debate on Human Rights”, in Abdullahi A. An-Na’im & Francis M. Deng F. M. (eds.), Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Brookings Inst Pr, 399 p., 1990, pp. 159-183.

B. Ibhawoh, “Between Culture and Constitution: Evaluating the Cultural Legitimacy of Human Rights in the African State”, Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 22, n° 3, 2000, pp. 838-860.

E. Kannyo, “The Banjul Charter on Human and peoples’ Rights: Genesis and Political Background”, in Human Rights and Development in Africa, C. E. Welch, Jr. & R. I. Meltzer (eds.), Albany, N.Y., State University of N.Y. Press, 1984, 349 p, 128 ss.

  • T. Maluwa, « Discourses on Democracy and Human Rights in Africa. Contextualising the Relevance of Human Rights to Developing Countries », Revue africaine de droit international et comparé, Vol. 9, 1997, pp. 55-71.
  • K. Mbaye, « Les droits de l’homme dans les pays en voie de développement », Canadian Human Rights Yearbook, Vol. 1, 1983, pp. 73-98.
  • K. MBaye, Les droits de l’homme en Afrique, Paris, Pedone, 2002, 312 p.
  • E. McCarthy-Arnolds et al. (eds.), Africa, Human Rights, and the Global System, Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1994, 272 p.

T. Metz, « African Values, Human Rights and Group Rights: A Philosophical Foundation for the Banjul Charter », in O Onazi (ed), African Legal Theory and Contemporary Problems. Critical Essays, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London, Springer, 2014, pp. 131 ss.

A. G. Mower, « Human Rights In Black Africa: A Double Standard ? », 9 Human Rights Journal 1976, pp. 39 ss.

M. Wa Mutua, « The Banjul Charter and the African Cultural Fingerprint. An Evaluation of the Language of Duties », Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 35, No. 2, 1995

B. S. Ngom, Les droits de l’homme et l’Afrique, Paris, Editions Silex, 1984

C. Nyamu-Musembi, « Are Local Norms and Practices Fences or Pathways? The Example of Women’s Property Rights », in A. An-Na’im (ed.), Cultural Transformation and Human Rights in Africa, London, Zed Books, 2002

O. Onazi, “Before Rights and Responsibilities: An African Ethos of Citizenship”, in Onazi O (ed), African Legal Theory and Contemporary Problems. Critical Essays, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London, Springer, 2014, pp. 153 ss.

M. Ssenyonjo, “Culture and the Human Rights of Women in Africa: Between Light and Shadow”, Journal of African Law, Vol. 51, No. 1, 2007, pp. 39-67.

U. O. Umozurike, « The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights », 77 AJIL, 1983, n° 4, pp. 902 ss.

K. Vasak, « De la Convention européenne à la Convention africaine des droits de l’homme », Revue juridique et politique d’outre-mer, 1962

  • Claude E. Welch, Jr & R. I. Meltzer (eds.), Human Rights and Development in Africa, Albany, N.Y., State University of N.Y. Press, 1984, 349 p.