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Title: | The implementation of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance |
Author: | Kane, Ibrahima |
Year: | 2008 |
Periodical: | African Security Review |
Volume: | 17 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 43-63 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | African agreements African Union democracy |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246029.2008.9627496 |
Abstract: | The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance was adopted by the AU in 2007. It deals with the obligations of States in the following areas: democracy, the rule of law and human rights; democratic elections, institutions and culture; unconstitutional changes of government; and political, economic and social governance. Methods of monitoring the application of the Charter are of two kinds, namely those on the application of the general provisions of the Charter and those which are specific to unconstitutional changes of government. In order to implement its provisions, the Charter relies on two types of participants, namely State organizations and bodies of the AU. The application of such a delicate treaty, particularly in the light of its incompleteness, vagueness of terminology, the ineffectiveness of the organizations tasked with monitoring its implementation, and particularly the fragility and hostility of Africa's current political, economic, social and cultural environment, can only lead to difficulties for which African leaders, if they want the values promoted in the Charter to take root on the continent, must find pragmatic solutions. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. (p. VI-VII). [ASC Leiden abstract] |