Ademola Abass

Protecting human security in Africa

INTRODUCTION 1. An Introduction to Protecting Human Security in Africa PART I - THREATS TO HUMAN SECURITY IN AFRICA 2. Food Security in Africa 3. Environmental Security in Africa 4. Understanding the Nexus Between Human Security and Small Arms in Africa: the case of Ghana 5. The ILO and Human Security of Sub-Saharan Africa Labour 6. Natural Resource Management and Human Security in Africa 7. Piracy off Somalia: The Emperors and the Thieves of the Ocean in the 21st Century 8. Human Security and the Protection of Refugees in Africa 9. Human Rights of Women in Africa: A Prerequisite for Human Security 10. Corruption as a Threat to Human Security in Africa PART II - REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND MECHANISMS 11. African Regional Organisations, African Peace and Security Architecture and the Protection of Human Security of Africans 12. The Role of the Human and Peoples Rights Section of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights 13. The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights as a Collective Human Security Resource: Promise, Performance, and Prospects 14. The Role of NGOs and Civil Society in Advancing Human Security in Africa CONCLUSION 15. The Future of Human Security in Africa

The International Court of Justice

This decision follows the Judgment of 13 December 2007, in which the Court found that it had jurisdiction on the basis of Article XXXI of the Pact of Bogotá to adjudicate upon the dispute concerning sovereignty over the maritime features claimed by the Parties other than the islands of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina and on the dispute concerning the maritime delimitation between the Parties.