The African Yearbook of International Law offers systematic analyses and scientific dissection of international law issues as they apply to Africa and Africa's contribution to the progressive development of international law. It contributes to the promotion and acceptance of and respect for the principles of international law, and encourages the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciations of international law in Africa.
Each volume of the African Yearbook of International Law contains: - general articles; - articles that center on a special theme; - notes and commentaries; - book reviews; - basic documents; and - a comprehensive index. The African Yearbook of International Law addresses the tension and interrelationships among issues such as territorial integrity, self determination, ethnic diversity, and nation-building. Development, human rights, and democratization in Africa also receive thorough attention and examination.
The African Yearbook of International Law sheds light on the causes of the fragility of African State institutions so as to facilitate the identification of appropriate remedies.
The Special Theme of this volume is Civil Conflicts in Africa (Part II)/ Les conflits internes en Afrique (2ème Partie).
Special Theme: Civil Conflicts in Africa (Part II). Le processus de rétablissement et de maintien de la paix en Angola; A.B. Beye. State Collapse and Prospects for Political Reconstruction and Democratic Governance in Somalia; A. Yannis. Civil Conflict in the Great Lakes Region: The Issue of Nationality of the Banyarwanda in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; A.N. Makombo. The Rwandan Conflict and the Genocide Convention: Implications for Tanzania; K. Kamanga. General Articles. Le forum prorogatum devant la Cour internationale de Justice: les ressources d'une institution ou la face cachée du consensualisme; M. Bedjaoui, F. Ouguergouz. À propos de l'ordonnance du 15 mars 1996: la contribution de la Cour internationale de Justice au maintien de la paix et de la sécurité en Afrique; J.-P. Cot. The 1996 Zambian Constitution and the Search for a Durable Democratic Constitutional Order in Africa; M. Ndulo. The Process of Democratization in South Africa and the Protection of Human Rights under the New South African Constitution; M. Sinjela. Constitutionnalisme et légalité internationale; F. Rigaux. Recourse to the Law in the Settlement of International Disputes: Western Sahara; B.G. Ramcharan. Notes and Comments. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Its Role for the Settlement of Law of the Sea Disputes; T. Mensah. The Forty-Ninth Session of the United Nations International Law Commission; J.L. Kateka. East African Co-operation: An Analysis of Recent Developments; W.T.K. Kaahwa. Vers l'institution d'une Cour africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples; M. Mubiala. The United Nations and Internal Conflicts in Africa: A Documentary Survey; M. Sinjela. Book Reviews. Basic Documents. Analytical Index.