International Human Rights in Post-Colonial Africa

Santino Ayuel Longar Dau is an Assistant Professor and Director of Law Development Center at the School of Law, University of Juba, in South Sudan.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Illustrations/FiguresList of AbbreviationsChapter One: Universalism Versus Cultural Relativism in the African Debate on IHRsChapter Two: Between Universalism and Cultural Relativism: Unpacking the Key ConceptsChapter Three: Application of the Modified Modernisation Theory to Explain the Relevance of Human Rights to AfricaChapter Four: IHRs as Sui Generis Moral and Legal Rights: A Justification for UniversalityChapter Five: ConclusionThe Universalism versus Relativism Debate: Strengths and LimitationsPractical and Theoretical Justifications for Universality of Human Rights StandardsBibliography

This book, written by a young scholar from South Sudan, a country that has been deeply embroiled in this debate because it is new and at war, is timely and as provocative as it is educative. International Human Rights in Post-Colonial Africa both educates and is enjoyable to read as it not only records all corners of highly contested perspectives, but also provides a picture of its authors agile legal and philosophical mind.