TY - JOUR
T1 - The need to reform the political role of the African Union in promoting democracy and human rights in domestic states
T2 - Making states more accountable and less able to avoid scrutiny at the united nations and at the African Union, using Swaziland to spotlight the issues
AU - Sarkin, Jeremy
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - This article examines how effective the African Union (AU) has been in pushing states to be more democratic in nature and to respect, protect, fulfil and promote the human rights of their inhabitants. It reviews the political role of the AU in this regard using the situation in Swaziland to do so. The article also examines Swaziland at the United Nations' Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process as a comparative tool.
AB - This article examines how effective the African Union (AU) has been in pushing states to be more democratic in nature and to respect, protect, fulfil and promote the human rights of their inhabitants. It reviews the political role of the AU in this regard using the situation in Swaziland to do so. The article also examines Swaziland at the United Nations' Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process as a comparative tool.
KW - African Union
KW - Democracy
KW - Human rights
KW - Regional human rights system
KW - Swaziland
KW - Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050128887&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/the-need-to-reform-the-political-role-of-the-african-union-au-in-
U2 - 10.3366/ajicl.2018.0221
DO - 10.3366/ajicl.2018.0221
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85050128887
SN - 0954-8890
VL - 26
SP - 84
EP - 107
JO - African Journal of International and Comparative Law
JF - African Journal of International and Comparative Law
IS - 1
ER -