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Title: | Terror in the backyard: domestic terrorism in Africa and its impact on human rights |
Author: | Lumina, Cephas |
Year: | 2008 |
Periodical: | African Security Review |
Volume: | 17 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 112-132 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | offences against human rights legislation terrorism |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246029.2008.9627501 |
Abstract: | Although Africa has a long history of terrorism and a number of countries continue to experience acts of terrorism particularly in the context of conflict, scant attention has been paid to its impact on human rights. This paper contributes to an understanding of the impact of domestic - rather than international - terrorism on human rights in Africa. The paper has a dual focus. First, it provides a brief overview of the human rights impact of acts of domestic terrorism in Africa and second, it examines State responses to domestic terrorism with the aim of assessing the implications of these responses for human rights. International law permits States to take national legislative and administrative measures to combat terrorism, provided these are consistent with international law. However, given that most new anti-terrorism laws in Africa have been introduced under pressure from powerful States it is improbable that they reflect local concerns, including the protection of human rights, which are commonly guaranteed by many national constitutions. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. (p.VIII). [Journal abstract] |