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AHRLJ Volume 20 No 2 2020

Published by Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)
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Editorial

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Special focus: Assessing the implications of COVID-19 pandemic regulations for human rights and the rule of law in Eastern and Southern Africa

Editorial introduction

by Charles Fombad
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Comparative overview of the constitutional framework for controlling the exercise of emergency powers in Africa

by Charles Manga Fombad & Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf
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Eswatini’s legislative response to COVID-19: Whither human rights?

by Musa Njabulo Shongwe
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Saving the soul of an African constitution: Learning from Kenya’s experience with constitutionalism during COVID-19

by Nkatha Kabira & Robert Kibugi
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Implications of Lesotho’s COVID-19 response framework for the rule of law

by Itumeleng Shale
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Constitutional rights and their limitations: A critical appraisal of the COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa

by Martin van Staden
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Livelihoods and legal struggles amidst a pandemic: The human rights implications of the measures adopted to prevent, contain and manage COVID-19 in Malawi

by Mwiza Jo Nkhata & Anganile Willie Mwenifumbo
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Assessing the implications of digital contact tracing for COVID-19 for human rights and the rule of law in South Africa

by Woojin Lim
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COVID-19 and the inclusion of learners with disabilities in basic education in South Africa: A critical analysis

by Serges Djoyou Kamga
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Exacerbated inequalities: Implications of COVID-19 for the socio-economic rights of women and children in South Sudan

by Joseph Geng Akech
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When guns govern public health: Examining the implications of the militarised COVID-19 pandemic response for democratisation and human rights in Uganda

by James Nkuubi
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Special focus: The African Children’s Charter at 30: Reflections on its past and future contribution to the rights of children in Africa

Editorial

by Nkatha Murungi
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Child protection, safeguarding and the role of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child: Looking back and looking ahead

by Afrooz Kaviani Johnson & Julia Sloth-Nielsen
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Age or maturity? African children’s right to participate in medical decision-making processes

by Elvis Fokala & Annika Rudman
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Childhood sexuality in Africa: A child rights perspective

by Godfrey Dalitso Kangaude, Deevia Bhana & Ann Skelton
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The applicability of the best interests principle to children of imprisoned mothers in contemporary Africa: Between hard and soft law

by Alina Miamingi
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Articles

Res interpretata principle: Giving domestic effect to the judgments of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

by Obonye Jonas
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A missed opportunity? Derogation and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights case of APDF and IHRDA v Mali

by Brenda K Kombo
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Vulnerability as a human rights variable: African and European developments

by Mikaela Heikkilä & Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso
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Standing to litigate in the public interest in Lesotho: The case for a liberal approach

by Hoolo ‘Nyane & Tekane Maqakachane
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The 2017 military coup in Zimbabwe: Implications for human rights and the rule of law

by Mkhululi Nyathi & Matshobana Ncube
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The Children’s Bill of Mauritius: A critical assessment of key aspects

by Roopanand Mahadew
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