South African elections: A good example for the rest of Africa?
In less than one month, South Africans go to the polls to elect a government for the next five years.
Human Rights and Wrongs
Why, many are asking, has South Africa squandered its enormous moral capital and its commitment to human rights to side with some very questionable regimes?
Election Manifestos: Time for a Different Approach
With the tempo of electioneering gathering pace in South Africa in preparation for the April 22 poll, one cannot but wonder what difference the frenetic efforts of politicians and their spin-doctors actually make to the voter.
Les pouvoirs exécutifs nonsurveillés: Leçons de conception gouvernementale efficace
Comment pouvons-nous limiter le pouvoir exécutif sans réduire sa capacité à remplir ses obligations constitutionnelles ou son mandat politique ? Est-il possible de développer de meilleurs systèmes en Afrique?
Questions communes de gouvernance politique africaine : Leçons des six premiers rapports du MAEP
Analyse de la MAEP six premiers rapports d’examen de pays révèle des problèmes communs concernant la gouvernance politique, quoique à des degrés divers. Les solutions proposées sont prometteuses?
Common African Political Governance Issues: Lessons from Six Early APRM Reports
Analysis of the first six APRM Country Review Reports reveals common problems concerning political governance, albeit to different degrees. Do the solutions proposed hold promise?
Seeing REDD:Why the bleeding heart of Africa is also a breathing lung of the world
In Africa, as in the rest of the world, discussions are heating up in preparation for international climate change negotiations, to culminate in Copenhagen at the end of the year
Démocratie et responsabilité : Equilibrer le principe majoritaire et les droits de la minorité
La responsabilisation est l’ingrédient principal nécessaire pour faire les idéaux du constitutionnalisme une réalité.
Democracy and Accountability: Balancing Majority Rule and Minority Rights
Paper 27 by Advocate Paul Hoffman, director of the Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa, identifies accountability as the essential ingredient required to make the ideals of constitutionalism a reality.
Multiple Truths and No Reconciliation: the International Criminal Court not yet in Sudan
From an international criminal law perspective, the warrant of arrest for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 4 March 2009 is a historic document.