Human Rights in Africa

Eunice N. Sahle is Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of African, African American and Diaspora Studies and the Curriculum in Global Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

• 1. Introduction by Eunice N. Sahle.- 2. Human Rights and Societies: A Reflection from Kenya by Willy Mutunga.- 3. New Constitutional Order, Rights and Environmental Justice in South Africa by David Hallowes.- 4. Transitional Justice, Gender-based Violence, and Women’s Rights by Evelyn Fanneron, Eunice N. Sahle, and Kari Dalhgren.- 5. Sexual Minorities, Human Rights, and Public Health Strategies in Africa by Marc Epprecht.- 6. Sino-African Relations and The Problem of Human Rights by Ian Taylor.- 7. Africa’s Contribution to the Development of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law by Frans Viljoen.- 8.  On Kéba M’Baye and the Right to Development at 30.- Eunice N. Sahle.- 9. Beyond Human Rights Ideology: Struggles for Freedom of Expression in Africa by Jane Duncan.- 10. The UN’s Human Right to Water in the Context of New Water Governance Regimes  by Eunice N. Sahle, MaryGalvin, Benjamin Pierce, and Kara Todd