A teleological approach to interpreting socio-economic rights in the African Charter : appropriateness and methodology
dc.contributor.author | Amin, Anneth | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-25T09:07:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-25T09:07:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-07 | |
dc.description | CITATION: Amin, A. 2021. A teleological approach to interpreting socio-economic rights in the African Charter: Appropriateness and methodology. African Human Rights Law Journal, 21(1): 204-233. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2021/v21n1a10. | en_ZA |
dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.ahrlj.up.ac.za/ | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | The incorporation of socio-economic rights in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights should be considered a vital move towards the transformation of socio-economic conditions of the people on the continent. However, the envisaged socio-economic transformation depends largely on how these rights are interpreted. It is the task of the supervisory organs of the African Charter to develop the scope and content of these rights and their related obligations through interpretation. To achieve this interpretative objective, interpretive process of the supervisory organs should be guided by an appropriate approach to interpretation that is applied coherently. This article argues that the teleological approach to treaty interpretation is an appropriate approach to interpreting socio-economic rights in the African Charter. The article develops a methodology for application of the teleological approach through which socio-economic rights in the African Charter may be effectively interpreted. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | https://journals-co-za.ez.sun.ac.za/doi/10.17159/1996-2096/2021/v21n1a10 | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.ahrlj.up.ac.za/amin-a | |
dc.description.version | Publishers version | |
dc.format.extent | 30 pages | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Amin, A. 2021. A teleological approach to interpreting socio-economic rights in the African Charter: Appropriateness and methodology. African Human Rights Law Journal, 21(1): 204-233. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2021/v21n1a10. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1996-2096 (online) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1609-073X (print) | |
dc.identifier.other | doi:10.17159/1996-2096/2021/v21n1a10 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/125240 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) | |
dc.rights.holder | Pretoria University Law Press | |
dc.subject | African Charter | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Socio-economic rights | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Teleological approach to interpretation | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Effective interpretation | en_ZA |
dc.subject | African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (1981 June 27) | en_ZA |
dc.title | A teleological approach to interpreting socio-economic rights in the African Charter : appropriateness and methodology | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |