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 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

  • Collective Human Rights 100%
  • Human Rights 100%
  • Regional Human Rights 100%
  • Mission Reports 50%
  • United Nation Organization 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

  24 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

  • Africa 100%
  • Law 100%
  • UK 50%
  • Research Councils 50%
  • Collective Human Rights 50%

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. (Principal Investigator) & Long, D. K. (Researcher)

  1/10/08 → 1/10/12

  Project: Research

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  • Human Rights 100%
  • Collective Human Rights 70%
  • International Human Rights Law 58%
  • Africa 58%
  • Law 58%

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

  Long, D. K. (Author), Murray, R. (Supervisor), 25 Jan 2022

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

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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