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Title:A Court-Enforced Bill of Rights for South Africa?
Author:Dlamini, C.R.M.ISNI
Year:1988
Periodical:Journal of Contemporary African Studies
Volume:7
Issue:1-2
Period:April-October
Pages:81-110
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:human rights
Ethnic and Race Relations
Politics and Government
Law, Human Rights and Violence
Abstract:This article contends that not only does South Africa need a bill of rights but that it is imperative that the country should have one. First, it analyses arguments against the adoption of a bill of rights: it is nothing more than a paper tiger; it is incompatible with parliamentary sovereignty (taking as examples the constitutions of Canada, Britain and the USA). Then it turns to South Africa and shows the necessity and possibility of implementing a bill of rights there. Finally, the article looks at the protection of human rights in Africa and points out that no less than 21 African countries have been listed by Amnesty International as violators of human rights. The adoption in July 1981 of the African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights by the OAU is, possibly, evidence of a change of mind. Notes, ref.
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