Corruption and Human Rights Law in Africa

This scholarly treatise is quite accessible and should be a must-read for all judges, lawyers, students, academics, policy makers and civil society actors. Olaniyan provides a constructive and comprehensive contribution to an ongoing debate. Informationen zum Autor Kolawole Olaniyan is Legal Adviser in Amnesty International's International Secretariat, London. Between 2004-2007 he was Program Director for Africa. He received his doctoral degree from the Law School of the University of Notre Dame, USA in 2003 and has written extensively on corruption and African regional human rights system. Zusammenfassung This important new book provides a framework for complementarity between promoting and protecting human rights and combating corruption. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Framework1 Corruption and Human Rights Law: Historical and Conceptual Frameworks 2 The International Dimensions of Corruption and Money Laundering Part II: National and International Laws against Corruption3 National Legal Frameworks for Fighting Corruption in Africa 4 International Legal Frameworks for Fighting Corruption across Part III: Human Rights Law and Corruption5 Effects of Corruption on Human and Peoples’ Rights 6 The Potential of Human Rights Law in Combating Corruption in Africa 7 Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Kolawole Olaniyan
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2016
• EAN: 9781509908455
• ISBN: 978-1-5099-0845-5
• No. of pages: 440
• Series: Studies in International Law; Studies in International Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Africa, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Civil Rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law