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Justice Initiatives: Human Rights and Justice Sector Reform in Africa
Contemporary Issues and Responses
This issue of Justice Initiatives, a publication of the Open Society Justice Initiative, documents some of the principal challenges to justice sector reform in Africa today, and the varied responses that interested actors are pursuing.
Whether addressing media repression in Gambia or citizenship challenges across the continent, police reform in Nigeria or police accountability in South Africa, this collection of articles demonstrates a holistic view of justice, one that guides the work of the Open Society Justice Initiative. Contents include the following:
National Criminal Justice Reform
- Justice Sector Reform in Africa, Laure-Helene Piron
- Police Reform in Nigeria, Innocent Chukwuma
- Police Accountability in South Africa, Cheryl Frank and Sean Tait
- Legal Dualism in Sierra Leone, Vivek Maru
Equality and Citizenship
- Citizenship in Africa, Julia Harrington
- A Precedent for Darfur, Stephen Humphreys
- Refugees on the Senegal River (words and images)
International Justice and Transnational Remedies
- Regional Courts, Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
- Victim-Centered Justice, Tracey Gurd
- Sierra Leone's Courts and the Special Court, Zainab Bangura
- Congo and the ICC, Marcel Wetsh'okonda Koso
- Charles Taylor in Nigeria, Babatunde Fagbohunlu
- Sudan's Government Does Not Hide Its Atrocities, Kelly Dawn Askin
- Darfur: The New Name for Genocide, Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Freedom of Expression and Information
- Media Freedom in Gambia, Demba Jawo
- Nigeria: Freedom of Information, Maxwell Kadiri
The complete publication is available to download below and can also be found on the Open Society Justice Initiative website: http://www.justiceinitiative.org/publications/jinitiatives.
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