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| Title: | Some reflections on human rights and refugees in Africa |
| Authors: | Mathews, Kay Ibeanu, Okey |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Periodical: | Nigerian Journal of International Affairs |
| Volume: | 18 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 1-25 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Africa |
| Subjects: | refugees human rights |
| Abstract: | The number of refugees and internally displaced persons in Africa has been increasing since 1960 in a significant manner. The very existence of massive numbers of refugees is a tangible manifestation of human rights violations. In order to establish the essential connection between the violation of human rights and refugee generation, the authors examine the meaning, nature and dimensions of human rights in the global and African contexts. They consider, amongst others, the three conceptual foundations of human rights (naturalist, positivist and socialist schools), as well as the UN mechanisms for the protection of human rights and the three major regional human rights regimes (European Convention of 1950, the Inter-American System, and the OAU mechanism under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights). They conclude that while respect for human rights has become a matter of international concern, African regimes are more concerned with sovereignty and territorial integrity and the protection of the trade union interests of African Heads of State. They make a number of suggestions as to how human rights can be better protected in Africa. These include the creation of NGOs for the political education of the people, and the political and economic empowerment of the African masses. Notes, ref., sum. |