Expanding Boundaries of Human Rights in (East) Africa

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" Expanding Boundaries of Human Rights in (East) Africa "
Philip C. Aka

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1063504
Doc. No	:	LA107133
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15692108-12341350‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Philip C. Aka
Title & Author	:	Expanding Boundaries of Human Rights in (East) Africa [Article]\ Philip C. Aka
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	African and Asian Studies
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	15/1
Page No	:	99–110
Abstract	:	To what extent has politics in Uganda changed since the era of egregious human rights abuses under General Idi Amin? Using the new book on law and politics in Uganda under Museveni referenced below as focal point, this essay answers that question in a discussion that also sketches three themes, testimony to the plasticity of the human rights doctrine, including the expanding boundaries of human rights in (East) Africa. To what extent has politics in Uganda changed since the era of egregious human rights abuses under General Idi Amin? Using the new book on law and politics in Uganda under Museveni referenced below as focal point, this essay answers that question in a discussion that also sketches three themes, testimony to the plasticity of the human rights doctrine, including the expanding boundaries of human rights in (East) Africa.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	Asian Studies
Descriptor	:	democracy in Africa
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	human rights
Descriptor	:	lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (lgbt) issues
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Ugandan politics
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15692108-12341350‬