Academic freedom in Africa : a case for the interpretation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights as providing protection for the human right to academic freedom

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Examines the state of academic freedom in Africa and the extent to which it is protected. Focuses on how the African Commission can adopt an interpretation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) to encapsulating protection of the human right to academic freedom / Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2006. / A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Patrice Vahard of the Faculaty of Law, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. / http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ / Centre for Human Rights / LLM

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1. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/14762
2. Masingi, T 2006, Academic freedom in Africa : a case for the interpretation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights as providing protection for the human right to academic freedom, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/14762>

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Academic Freedom

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:up/oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/14762
Date	January 2006
Creators	Masingi, Thabang
Contributors	Vahard, Patrice
Publisher	University of Pretoria
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Mini Dissertation
Rights	University of Pretoria
Relation	LLM Dissertations Centre for Human Rights