Description
This book offers a comprehensive assessment of Mauritius's engagement with the African human rights system. Based on the premise that Mauritius has not fully leveraged this relationship, it first outlines the opportunities the system presents for promoting and protecting human rights within the country. It then examines the rationale, role, and effectiveness of regional human rights mechanisms in the Mauritian context. The book assesses the extent to which Mauritius has implemented African Union human rights treaties it has ratified, analyzing the country's constitutional, legal, and institutional frameworks, relevant jurisprudence, and its participation in the procedures of the African human rights system.
Drawing on these insights, the book provides practical recommendations to strengthen Mauritius s interaction with the African human rights system.
1. Introduction.- 2. Introductory aspects regarding human rights law in Mauritius.- 3. The role and impact of African regionalism on the protection and promotion of human rights in Mauritius.- 4. Civil and Political Rights.- 5. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.- 6. The right to environment.- 7. Women s rights.- 8. Children s rights in Mauritius.- 9. Rights of elder persons, persons with disabilities and sexual minorities.- 10. The contribution of the judicial and quasi-judicial institutions of the African Union to human rights law in Mauritius - Prospects for advancing interactions between Mauritian and African human rights law.
Dr. Roopanand Mahadew is an Associate Professor in Law at the Department of Law of the University of Mauritius since 2013. He holds an LL.B. (Hons) degree from the University of Mauritius, an LL.M. in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa from the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and an LL.D. from the University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. He served as External Expert in the Working Group on Children's Rights and Business to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (August 2021 to August 2023). He has authored over 50 journal articles, book chapters and publications on a range of issues on Mauritian human rights law and the African human rights system. His research interests include public international law and international human rights law with focus on the African human rights architecture.
