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Beyond the paper tiger: The challenge of a Human Rights Court in Africa
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Texas International Law Journal
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July 1, 1997
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Copyright informationCopyright University of Texas, Austin, School of Law Publications, Inc. Summer 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The [African human rights] enforcement mechanism is unsatisfactory. In the absence of a court and effective measures for a breach, the Charter may well be a paper tiger ....1
I. INTRODUCTION
The promotion and protection of human rights has long been a universally espoused ideal. The widespread atrocities that occurred during World War II, however, galvanized unprecedented interest in human rights, as evidenced by the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations (UN) in 19482 and a host of other human rights instruments.3 In spite of the increased importance assigned to the pursuit of human rights during the latter part of this century, human rights ...
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