The Role and Use of Soft Law Instruments in the African Human Rights System

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights
Editors	Thomas Gamelltoft Hansen, Stephanie Lagoutte, John Cerone
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	89-107
Publication status	Published - 17 Nov 2016

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Research output

Research output per year 2012 2012 2014 2015 2015

• 2 Article (Academic Journal)
• 1 Authored book

Research output per year

Research output per year

• Implementation of the Findings of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

  Murray, R. & Long, D., 28 May 2015, Cambridge University Press. 314 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Authored book

  • State 100%
  • Decision 50%
  • Influence 50%
  • Collective Human Rights 50%
  • Regional 50%

• Mechanisms for the Implementation of Decisions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

  Murray, R. & Mottershaw, E., 2014, In: Human Rights Quarterly. 36, 2, p. 349-372

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Ten years of the Robben Island Guidelines and prevention of torture in Africa: for what purpose?

  Long, D. K. & Murray, R. H., 1 Jan 2012, In: African Human Rights Law Journal. 12, 2, p. 311-347 37 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Torture 100%
  • Guideline 66%
  • Guidelines 66%
  • Practice Guideline 66%
  • Islands 55%

Projects

Projects per year 2008 2008 2012

• 1 Finished

Projects per year

• AN EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE OF SOFT LAW IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW: THE ROBBEN ISLAND GUIDELINES ON THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE IN AFRICA

  Murray, R. H. & Long, D. K.

  1/10/08 → 1/10/12

  Project: Research

  File

  • Legal Decision 100%
  • Documents 93%
  • Legislation 66%
  • Implementation 60%
  • Analysis 56%

Student Theses

• Situating the use and follow-up of ‘soft law’ findings of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and National Preventive Mechanisms within the discourse on implementation and compliance

  Author: Long, D. K., 25 Jan 2022

  Supervisor: Murray, R. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  File

Profiles

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  Professor Rachel H Murray

  • Rachel.Murraybristol.acuk

  • University of Bristol Law School - Professor of International Human Rights
  • Human Rights Implementation Centre
  • Human Rights Law
  • Socio-Legal Research

  Person: Academic , Member, Group lead

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Long, D., & Murray, R. (2016). The Role and Use of Soft Law Instruments in the African Human Rights System. In T. Gamelltoft Hansen, S. Lagoutte, & J. Cerone (Eds.), Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights (pp. 89-107). Oxford University Press.

Long, Debra ; Murray, Rachel. / The Role and Use of Soft Law Instruments in the African Human Rights System. Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights. editor / Thomas Gamelltoft Hansen ; Stephanie Lagoutte ; John Cerone. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016. pp. 89-107

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Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights. ed. / Thomas Gamelltoft Hansen; Stephanie Lagoutte; John Cerone. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016. p. 89-107.

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Long D, Murray R. The Role and Use of Soft Law Instruments in the African Human Rights System. In Gamelltoft Hansen T, Lagoutte S, Cerone J, editors, Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2016. p. 89-107