This issue includes contributions which deal with regional human rights instruments; contributions which compare human rights related aspects
in African states; and also includes contributions which discuss human rights at the domestic level in different African states.
As far as African human rights instruments are concerned, aspects of the African Charter (GinoNaldi), the African Childrens Charter (Amanda Lloyd), the African Natural Resources Convention (Morné van der Linde) and the OAU Refugee Convention (Hussein Solomon) are considered.
Comparative studies are undertaken of national human rights institutions in Uganda and South Africa (James Matshekga), of sentencing in Southern Africa (Sufian Hemed Bukurura) and the use of mechanical restraints in Namibia and South Africa (Liezl Gaum). The contributions by Babafemi Akinrinade, Anthony Munene and Evarist Baimu focus on Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa respectively, butwithin a broader African context.
The next issue will focus on the Protocol Establishing the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights, adopted in 1998.
Please note that this issue of the African Human Rights Law Journal, as well as the October 2002 issue, should be cited as (2002) 2 African Human Rights Law Journal. Both the 2001 issues should be cited as (2001)1 African Human Rights Law Journal.
