Strengthening Rule of Law Enforcement in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Role of African Union
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Rule of law violation is a chronic problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet the African Union (AU), which is the main regional organization in the continent, is not playing a significant role in ensuring the observance of rule of law in its member states compared to its counterparts such as the European Union. This paper argues that, beside the issue of lack of political will, the existing legal framework of the AU has contributed its part for the negligible rule of law monitoring involvement of the organization at the moment and underscores the need for urgent remedy to address these lacunas. In undertaking this investigation, the paper adopts a comparative approach relying heavily on the lessons from the experience of the European Union, which is assumed to have a better mechanism in this regard.
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Strengthening Rule of Law Enforcement in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Role of African Union
In: African Journal of Legal StudiesSearch for other papers by Tsega Andualem Gelaye in
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Abstract
Rule of law violation is a chronic problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet the African Union (AU), which is the main regional organization in the continent, is not playing a significant role in ensuring the observance of rule of law in its member states compared to its counterparts such as the European Union. This paper argues that, beside the issue of lack of political will, the existing legal framework of the AU has contributed its part for the negligible rule of law monitoring involvement of the organization at the moment and underscores the need for urgent remedy to address these lacunas. In undertaking this investigation, the paper adopts a comparative approach relying heavily on the lessons from the experience of the European Union, which is assumed to have a better mechanism in this regard.
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| Abstract Views | 573 | 82 | 6 |
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| PDF Views & Downloads | 74 | 4 | 0 |
