INR Week 12 INT PROC HU RIGHTS
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Lecture12.pptxAfrica and Human Rights
Lecture 12 Spring 2019 INR 4075
Dead Aid
How can we get aid to work in Africa?
Live Aid
Glamour Aid-–It is not a solution it is a problem.
Accountability to their citizenry, not their celebrity donors.
Aid has become an industry.
Justify their existence: NGOs,
10 percent and now up to 70 to 80 percent
DEAD AID
Foreseeable future, 5 year plan
Systematically reduce aid.
Capital markets can help fund themselves.
They should focus on ratings and pitch to international investors.
Bonds and raising capital that way
Beyond humanitarian problem—huge amounts of money are squandered.
300 million as late as 2006 to Mugabe—went to EU and the US (maintained diplomacy?)
Can delink aid models from corrupt leaders?
Killings in Boali
MISCA
2012 -Peace keeping missions in the CAR
12 people detained by AU Peace Keepers were found in an exhumed mass grave.
AU Peacekeepers murdered the people they had been sent there to protect.
Sentenced for war crimes. 3 years and are now free.
The Charter on Human and People’s Rights
Continent wide human rights instrument
Adopted in 1981
54 African Nations are members
Came into effect 21 October 1986
Head quarter in Banjul , Gambia
Civil and Political rights
Economic and Social
Collective and Develompent
African Commission on Human Rights
1986
Reviews reports
Investigates Violations
Reviews Communications from Individuals and NGOs
Challenges
Insufficient Visibility
Delays
Limited follow-up
Sporadic Compliance by State Parties
African Human Rights Court
1990s regional Human Rights Court
1998-–Protocol to the African Charter to Establish ACtHPR
2004 Entered into force
Jurisdiction and Access rules
Who has recognized this? 26 States have signed and ratified the protocol .
How does a case get to the court?
Cases are referred by the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights.
Follow-up Questions
1.) Following Moyo, in what way has aid affected Africa?
2.) In your opinion, does aid negatively or positively affect Africa?
3.) Beyond direct aid, in what other ways can the international community support developing nations?
4.) Describe Human Rights in Precolonial Africa and how have they evolved since?
