Alioune Badara FALL - The African Charter of the Rights of Man and Peoples : Between Universalism and Regionalism

Pouvoirs n°129 - avril 2009 - La démocratie en Afrique - p.77-100

Africa is a continent known for its numerous crises and wars which have triggered massive transfers of population, often to refugee camps, but also for numerous violations of rights or liberties whose victims are ordinary citizens and political leaders. Yet, it was only twenty years after their independence that governments belatedly adopted, on 28 October 1981, an African Charter of the rights of man and peoples, whose main characteristic is an attempt to reconcile regionalism and universalism with regards to human rights. The paper analyzes some of the theoretical and conceptual problematics raised by this Charter, together with the perspectives regarding the rights of man at a time when a process of democratization of political regimes has been engaged for a number of years in African countries. Résumé

Référence électonique : Alioune Badara FALL, "The African Charter of the Rights of Man and Peoples : Between Universalism and Regionalism", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°129, 2009, p.77-1. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/The-African-Charter-of-the-Rights.html