| Description |
1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Africa and the Shaping of International Human Rights -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Defining Human Rights -- Human Rights: Origins and Evolution -- The Structure of the Book -- Chapter 1: The Congo Free State, Atrocity Tales, and Human Rights History -- Background to the Congo Controversy -- Atrocity Tale Texts -- Protest Letters: 'To His Serene Majesty' -- Literary Works: Conrad and Twain -- Reports: Morel and Casement -- African Testimonies -- Photographic Texts -- Emotional Reactions -- The Emergence of Human Rights as a Concept |
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Atrocity Texts and Conditions in the Congo -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: The Perils of 'Progress': Black Concentration Camps in Southern Africa and Human Rights History -- Progress, Race, and Humanity -- Black Concentration Camps as Sites of Dehumanization -- Black Concentration Camps in South Africa -- Black Concentration Camps in German South-West Africa -- Memorializing the Black Concentration Camps -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Haile Selassie, the League of Nations, and Human Rights Diplomacy -- Background -- The Post-World War I Order -- Causes of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War |
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Italian Violations of International Humanitarian Law -- Haile Selassie's Human Rights Diplomacy -- The Road to War -- Italy Invades -- Exile -- International Reaction -- Vindication -- Dashed Hopes -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Africa, the United Nations, and Third Generation Rights -- The Right to Self-Determination -- The West, Self-determination, and Africa in the Nineteenth Century -- Self-determination as a Universal Right: African and Black Diasporan Contributions -- From World War I to the League of Nations -- The Atlantic Charter, the UN, and Africa |
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The Year of Africa, Resolution 1514, and After -- Africa and the Right to Racial Non-discrimination -- Colonial Racism: The African Experience -- Whiteman's Club, Whiteman's Continent -- Africa against Racism: The 1950s -- The Year of Africa and Racial Discrimination -- Racial Non-discrimination as a Human Right -- Africa and the RTD -- 'Development': Meaning, Origins, and History in Africa -- The RTD: Early Foundations -- RTD's African Origins -- RTD in Africa -- After Africa -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Africa, the International Criminal Court, and Human Rights -- The ICC's Origins |
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ICC: Purpose, Mandate, Modus Operandi -- Africa, the Rome Statute, and the ICC -- Out of Africa: The ICC's First Situations -- Is the ICC 'Anti-African'? -- Lessons Learned -- The ICC, Impunity, and Deterrence -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Books -- Articles and Book Chapters -- Dissertations -- Conference Papers -- Published Documents -- Newspapers and Newswires -- Websites -- Index |
| Summary |
Africa throughout its postcolonial history has been plagued by human rights abuses ranging from intolerance of political dissent to heinous crimes such as genocide. Yet this book argues that the continent has also been pivotal in helping shape contemporary human rights norms and practices |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Africa -- History
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Human rights
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Africa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192603364 |
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0192603361 |
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