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The African Challenge to Global Death Penalty Abolition: International Human Rights Norms in Local Perspective


ISBN13: 9781780682945
Published: June 2016
Publisher: Intersentia Publishers
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Paperback
Price: £57.00



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Although the influence and opinions of political elites, civil society, and the general public vary widely, the death penalty is universally in decline throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

Today, the death penalty is a site of accommodation and resistance to international human rights norms between African governments and the Global North. As in debates over membership in the International Criminal Court and legal protections for sexual minorities, some leaders resist death penalty abolition as "imposed" by the Global North, though the modern death penalty in Africa is a product of European colonialism.

However, Sub-Saharan Africa is not a passive subject of global death penalty abolition driven by Europe. Courts around the continent have made important contributions to global death penalty jurisprudence and members of civil society have engaged in novel and successful strategies against the death penalty. In addition, precolonial notions of punishment and criminal responsibility in Africa have influenced debates over the death penalty, including whether to provide compensation to victims of crime.

This book explores the African contribution to the global death penalty debate and lessons for the international death penalty abolition movement.

Subjects:
Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Other Jurisdictions , Africa
Contents:
Foreword, Acknowledgements, Contents, List of Abbreviations

Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: An Overview of the Death Penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Part II: Country Studies
Chapter 2: The Gambia
Chapter 3: Ghana
Chapter 4: Botswana

Part II: Country Studiies
Chapter 5: Lesotho and Swaziland
Chapter 6: Zimbabwe
Chapter 7: Kenya
Chapter 8: Uganda

Index