عنوان

The Role of the Judiciary in the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights in Cameroon

شماره

LA108167

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Role of the Judiciary in the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights in Cameroon

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Avitus Agbor

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill | Nijhoff

متن يادداشت

The ratification and domestication of international human rights instruments could be used as indices to determine a state's commitment to the promotion and protection of, and respect for, human rights. Within municipal legal systems, the judiciary is one of the stakeholders to fulfil these tasks. As one of the organs of government, it can play a critical role in defining the content and evolution of both democracy and human rights. Even though a state party to numerous international human rights instruments, a critical analysis of Cameroon's institutional mechanisms reveals that there is a conspicuous incompatibility between these institutional mechanisms and the ideals of democracy and human rights. More specifically, the power of the judiciary, as stipulated in the Constitution, is very limited. This parochial mandate has had a heavy toll on first, the democratic evolution of the country; and secondly, on ensuring the promotion, protection of, and respect for, human rights. This paper argues that the judiciary in Cameroon should play a role in enhancing democracy and human rights. To do this, the judiciary must undergo a paradigm shift from a complacent and disturbing judicial inertia to judicial activism. The ratification and domestication of international human rights instruments could be used as indices to determine a state's commitment to the promotion and protection of, and respect for, human rights. Within municipal legal systems, the judiciary is one of the stakeholders to fulfil these tasks. As one of the organs of government, it can play a critical role in defining the content and evolution of both democracy and human rights. Even though a state party to numerous international human rights instruments, a critical analysis of Cameroon's institutional mechanisms reveals that there is a conspicuous incompatibility between these institutional mechanisms and the ideals of democracy and human rights. More specifically, the power of the judiciary, as stipulated in the Constitution, is very limited. This parochial mandate has had a heavy toll on first, the democratic evolution of the country; and secondly, on ensuring the promotion, protection of, and respect for, human rights. This paper argues that the judiciary in Cameroon should play a role in enhancing democracy and human rights. To do this, the judiciary must undergo a paradigm shift from a complacent and disturbing judicial inertia to judicial activism.

تاريخ نشر

2015

توصيف ظاهري

145-173

عنوان

African Journal of Legal Studies

شماره جلد

8/1-2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1708-7384

اصطلاح موضوعی

Constitution of Cameroon

اصطلاح موضوعی

democracy

اصطلاح موضوعی

human rights

اصطلاح موضوعی

International Law: General Interest

اصطلاح موضوعی

judiciary

اصطلاح موضوعی

political rights

اصطلاح موضوعی

rule of law

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Avitus Agbor

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/17087384-12342057

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y