Welcome to the African Human Rights Law Journal (AHRLJ)

ISSN: 1609-073X
E-ISSN: 1996-2096

Welcome to the website of the African Human Rights Law Journal (AHRLJ), a leading peer-reviewed journal focused on human rights related topics of relevance to Africa, Africans and scholars of Africa. As democratic practices and the protection of human rights struggle to become rooted in Africa, the Journal aims to contribute towards strengthening indigenous African scholarship.

The first issue of the AHRLJ appeared in 2001. Since then, the Journal has appeared twice a year, in July and December, without interruption.

The full text of the AHRLJ is made freely available online immediately upon publication. The AHRLJ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

The AHRLJ is published by the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) which took over from Juta as publisher in 2013. It is published in association with the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.

The AHRLJ still publishes a small amount of printed copies for each volume, which are sent out to the required Legal Depository addresses as per the Legal Deposit Act, Act 54 of 1997. All journal content, dating back to the first issue of 2001, is available and will be maintained on the Journal’s web site (www.ahrlj.up.ac.za). Earlier issues of the Journal are also available from JUTA Publisher (https://juta.co.za/catalogue/african-human-rights-law-journal-2000-2012-online_22320/).

The Journal is published only in English.

Feedback and criticism: Any suggestions for improving any aspect of the Journal, including its content and editorial approach, are welcomed, and should be submitted at any time to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Latest Edition: AHRLJ Volume 25 No 1 2025

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AHRLJ Volume 25 No 1 2025

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Editorial

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Articles

A ruler’s shield? Re-evaluating the norm against unconstitutional change of government in Africa

by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
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The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement: A catalyst for human rights

by Lindani Mhlanga
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We cannot pray it away: The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights requires state parties to ban ‘conversion therapy’

by Muyenga Mugerwa-Sekawabe
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‘Nothing to report on’: Revitalising resocialisation as an obligation in the African human rights system in the context of gender discrimination

by Anisa Mahmoudi
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The role of soft law in ensuring durable solutions for children displaced by climate change in Africa

by Bryony Elizabeth Fox
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Ghost of the Malabo Protocol: Political conditions influencing African countries’ refusals to extradite International Criminal Court suspects

by Charles Khamala
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Rights-based disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration as a measure to address security risks posed by vigilante groups in the Lake Chad Basin

by Josephat Kilonzo
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A review of the legal, policy and institutional framework on child labour in Ghana

by Ama F Hammond and Christine Dowuona-Hammond
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The role of social workers in addressing child marriage in Lesotho

by Kabelo Justice Kelepa
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Localising global norms: An examination of Nigeria’s implementation of Part IV of the Optional Protocol to Convention against Torture

by Stanley Ibe
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Imperativeness of institutionalising work as a fundamental right in Nigeria: Lessons from Belarus and India

by David Tarh-Akong Eyongndi, Arome M Okwori, Uche Nnawulezi and John Oluyinka Adedeji
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The United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review and female genital mutilation in Somalia: The value of civil society recommendations

by Alice Storey
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The non-ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure: South Africa and Australia in perspective

by Laetitia-Ann Greeff
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Judicial enforcement of the right to adequate housing against local government through the lens of General Comment 4 of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A South African perspective

by Paul Mudau
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The place of international law under Zimbabwe’s 2013 Constitution