
About the African Human Rights Law Journal

The African Human Rights Law Journal publishes peer-reviewed contributions dealing with human rights related topics of relevance to Africa, Africans and scholars of Africa. The Journal appears twice a year, in July and December.
24 Research and review articles were published in the 2016 calendar year.
The African Human Rights Law Journal still publishes a small amount of printed copies for each volume which is sent out to the required Legal Depository addresses as per the LEGAL DEPOSIT ACT, Act 54 of 1997. The African Human Rights Law Journal is archived at the UPSpace repository.
The Journal appears on the list of accredited journals of the South African Department of Education and is included in the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBBS).
As democratic practices and the protection of human rights struggle to become rooted in Africa, and an African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights is in the process of being established, the African Human Rights Law Journal has been launched. There is a more pressing need for a monitoring and reporting periodical in this field in Africa than ever before.
The Journal aims to publish contributions dealing with human rights related topics of relevance to Africa, Africans and scholars of Africa. In the process, the African Human Rights Law Journal hopes to contribute towards an indigenous African jurisprudence.
ISSN: 1609-073X
E-ISSN: 1996-2096
Editors
- Frans Viljoen
Editor-in-chief; Professor of Human Rights Law and Director, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa - Solomon Ebobrah
Extraordinary lecturer, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria; Co-ordinator, Department of Jurisprudence and Public Law, Niger Delta University, Nigeria - Magnus Killander
Senior lecturer and Head of Research, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria - Tshepo Madlingozi
Senior lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria - Annelize Nienaber
Associate professor, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria
Publication manager
- Isabeau de Meyer
Programme manager, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
International editorial advisory board
- Jean Allain
Professor of Public International Law, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland - Fareda Banda
Professor in the Laws of Africa, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London - Gina Bekker
Lecturer, School of Law, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland - Victor Dankwa
Professor of Law, University of Ghana - Erika de Wet
Co-director: Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, University of Pretoria - John Dugard
Member, International Law Commission; Extraordinary professor, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria - Christof Heyns
Chair of the international editorial advisory board; Co-director: Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, University of Pretoria - Edward Kwakwa
Legal Counsel, World Intellectual Property Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland - Sandy Liebenberg
HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa - Tiyanjana Maluwa
Professor of Law, Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University, USA - Joe Oloka-Onyango
Associate Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Makerere University, Uganda - Kate O'Regan
Former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa - Fatsah Ouguergouz
Judge, African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights - Michael Reisman
Myres S McDougal Professor of International Law, Yale Law School, USA - Geraldine van Bueren
Professor of International Human Rights Law at Queen Mary, University of London
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Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)
The Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) is based at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa and endeavours to publish and make available innovative, high-quality scholarly texts on law in Africa. Visit the PULP website: www.pulp.up.ac.za
Subscriptions
AHRLJ Annual Subscriptions
2 x issues per year
- ZAR645-00 excluding postage and/or courier fees
- 30% Bookseller’s Discount applicable to Booksellers
Contact
Pretoria University Law Press / Centre for Human Rights
Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria
South Africa 0002
Tel: +27 12 420 4948
pulp@up.ac.za