Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala -- Preface / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala -- Program of the ISISC / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala -- List of Participants / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala -- United Nations Human Rights Instruments and Criminal Justice Norms and Standards / Adedokun A. Adeyemi -- The African Regional System of Human Rights: Notes and Comments / Ibrahim Ali Badawi El-Sheikh -- The Protection of Human Rights in Criminal Justice Proceedings for African Jurists / Patrick A. Chinamasa -- Strategy and Policies for the Advancement of Human Rights in the Administration of Criminal Justice in Africa - An Outline / Femi Odekunle -- The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights: Achievements and Prospects / Tewodros Yirgu -- Police Training and Human Rights in Botswana / Kholisani Solo -- The Poisoned Tree: Responses to Involuntary Confessions in Criminal Proceedings in Botswana, Uganda and Zambia / Daniel D. Ntanda Nsereko -- Human Rights and Preventive Detention in the Interest of National Security: The Ghanaian Perspective / The Honorable George E. K. Aikins -- Human Rights Issues in the Criminal Justice System of Kenya and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights: A Comparative Analysis / Kivutha Kibwana and Kathurima M∙Inoti -- Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the Transformation of the Criminal Justice System in Kenya: The Challenge of the 1990s and Beyond / Shadrack B. O. Gutto -- The Protection of Nigerian Citizens from Arbitrary Arrest / Oluyemisi A. Bamgbose -- The Challenges of Nigerian Prisoners in the Light of the Human Rights Campaigns / T. O. Ifaturoti -- Some Aspects of Human Rights and the Administration of Criminal Justice in Nigeria / M. A. Owoade -- South African Prisons and the Standards of International Human Rights Law / Dirk Van Zyl Smit -- Legalistic Formalism V. Justice (or the Tragic Web of Legal Procedure in Which the Sharpeville Six Found Themselves Trapped) / Jerold Leonard Taitz -- The Criminal Justice System of the Republic of Sudan / El Bushra Mohamed El Amin -- Criminal Law as a Vehicle for the Protection of the Right to Personal Integrity, Dignity and Liberty of Women (in Respect of Offences of Rape, Defilement, and Indecent Assault): The Case of Tanzania Mainland / The Honorable R.J.A. Mwaikasu -- The Protection of Human Rights in the Criminal Justice Proceedings - The Tanzania Experience / The Honorable James L. Mwalusanya -- Human Rights in Criminal Justice Proceedings: The Zimbabwean Experience / The Honorable A. R. Gubbay -- Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Legal Education and Post-Professional Education in Botswana and Ghana / Kwame Frimpong -- Street Law Education for South African School Children and the Protection of Human Rights in Criminal Justice Proceedings / D.J. Mcquoid-Mason -- Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Legal Education and Post-Professional Education / E. K. Quashigah -- Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Judicial Education / M. L. Uwais and S. Gutto -- The Protection of Human Rights and Criminal Justice Proceedings for African Jurists / D.J. Mcquoid-Mason -- Transitions to Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview / Peter M. Manikas -- 1. Charter of the Organization of African Unity / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala -- 2. African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala -- 3. OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala -- 4. Law of Lagos / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala -- 5. Declaration on the Problem of Subversion / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala -- 6. Principles Concerning Treatment of Refugees / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala -- 7. Economic Commission for African Conference of African Jurists on African Legal Process and the Individual / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala -- 8. Extracts from the Plans of Action Adopted by the OAU Special Economic Summit Held in Lagos, Nigeria (April 1980) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala -- 9. Recommendations of the Gaborone Seminar on Human Rights and Development in Africa / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala -- 10. A.C.P./E.E.C. (Lomé III) Convention (Excerpts) / M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala.

This book contains a collection of articles by authors from countries in Africa. The topics cover a wide range of issues in the administration of criminal justice and human rights. The different scholarly contributions facilitate a better understanding of certain aspects of the administration of criminal justice in the African sub-region and focus on specific human rights issues as they relate to international and African instruments on the protection of human rights.

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