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The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Christof Heyns, Morne van der Linde

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Africa's continental regional organisation -the former Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and today's African Union (AU) -had to put up for a long time with international criticism regarding the handling of human rights violations, to differentiate between violations beyond their own borders and such violations in which those responsible were amongst the organisation's members.Whereas in particular the circumstances in formerly colonial countries and South Africa were thematically treated in critical and detailed fashion, fundamental human

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Africa's continental regional organisation -the former Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and today's African Union (AU) -had to put up for a long time with international criticism regarding the handling of human rights violations, to differentiate between violations beyond their own borders and such violations in which those responsible were amongst the organisation's members.Whereas in particular the circumstances in formerly colonial countries and South Africa were thematically treated in critical and detailed fashion, fundamental human

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Africa's continental regional organisation -the former Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and today's African Union (AU) -had to put up for a long time with international criticism regarding the handling of human rights violations, to differentiate between violations beyond their own borders and such violations in which those responsible were amongst the organisation's members.Whereas in particular the circumstances in formerly colonial countries and South Africa were thematically treated in critical and detailed fashion, fundamental human

Key concepts: Human rights, Political science, Law

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