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The Convergence of Local and International Law: Family Law in the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Chinwe Esimai
Chinwe Esimai*
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Africa: A New Voices Panel
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 101 , 2007 , pp. 135 - 138
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2007

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References

1 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, adopted July 11, 2003, in Maputo, Mozambique during the Second Ordinary Session of the African Union, entered into force Nov. 25, 2005.

2 MPs in Niger Vote Against Women’s Rights, Reuter’s, June 5, 2006 (parenthetical qualification added).

3 The Inter-American Convention and the Asian Human Rights Charter adopt similar definitions of violence.

4 Islamic Law in Nigeria [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.], available at <http://www.cfr.org/publication/9994/islamic_law_in_nigeria_rush_transcript_federal_news_service_inc.html>. It is worth noting that this dependence on foreign donors cannot be divorced from the total absence of funding from local donors. Assistant Professor, College of William and Mary, School of Law.