In a capitalist construct, the environment is viewed as a commodity with zero opportunity cost, and over the years capitalism has given rise to severe environmental degradation. In this week’s post, Professor Soyapi focuses on capitalism and the environment. He discusses carbon majors' contribution to environmental degradation in Africa. The environment is everybody's responsibility to protect hence the observation that communities have the key to challenging future state-sanctioned carbon major projects that threaten African eco-frontiers.

In the the first of a two-part series, Ugochukwu Ezeh discusses judicial transparency, corruption and the integrity of democratic institutions against the backdrop of the contested presidential election in Nigeria.

In this last post as part of the ‘Maputo at 20’ series, we speak with Hon. Commissioner Ramatoulie Janet Sallah-Njie, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, about the future of the Maputo Protocol, it’s potential for advancing women's rights in Africa, and the challenges that need to be addressed for its full realisation.

At the core of a democratic society, states are to adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to ensure that citizens have an effective opportunity to enjoy the right to vote. In this post, Thuleleni engages in a brief comparative analysis of the right to vote in Africa. In addition, she gives us a 101 on electoral democracy, democracy values, and the electoral institutions that ensure these values.

In spite of the Maputo Protocol's clear prohibition of Violence Against Women (VAW), the ongoing prevalence of violence in Africa has spurred calls for a regional treaty aimed at eradicating such violence. Against this backdrop, Adetokunbo Johnson reflects on the innovation of the Maputo Protocol's explicit VAW prohibition and questions the need for an additional instrument.

Reflecting on the progress made since the inception of the Maputo Protocol, Kerigo Odada interrogates how health financing and resource allocation have affected the realisation of reproductive rights in Africa. The author calls on state parties to bridge the gap between political commitment and legal implementation by directing resources towards bolstering reproductive health initiatives as mandated by the Protocol.

In the wake of a recent military coup in Niger, both the AU and ECOWAS have strongly denounced this unconstitutional power shift. ECOWAS, taking a firmer stance, has also enforced sanctions on Niger. In this blog post, Linda Mushoriwa discusses the effectiveness of measures such as sanctions and military action in response to unconstitutional changes of governments (UCG).

La mise en œuvre du Protocole de Maputo est supervisée par deux institutions des droits de l'homme de l'Union africaine. Dans cet article de blog, Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz nous guide à travers les étapes entreprises par la Commission africaine et la Cour africaine pour superviser la réalisation du Protocole de Maputo.

The implementation of the Maputo Protocol is overseen by two African Union human rights institutions. In this blog post, Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz takes us through the steps that have been taken by the African Commission and the African Court as they oversee the realization of the Maputo Protocol.

Last month, the Kenyan Court of Appeal ruled that life imprisonment sentence violates fundamental constitutional rights. Joshua Nyawa explores the Court's reasoning and the decision’s far-reaching implications for Kenyan jurisprudence.

In this week’s blog post, Matilda Lasseko-Phooko explores the implementation of the Maputo Protocol and sheds light on the role played by women leaders in making this possible.

The Maputo Protocol, adopted two decades ago in Maputo, Mozambique, marked a historic moment for women's rights in Africa. In this blog post, Esther Waweru discusses the gaps in the African Charter which necessitated the Protocol’s adoption in so far as gender equality and women’s rights are concerned.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol), ALM will be running a series reflecting on its progress and challenges. We will bring to you blog posts authored by women’s rights experts from the region providing commentary on various aspects of the Protocol.

In a recent judgment, the High Court of Kenya ruled that the President had exceeded his authority by not following the required procedures when he appointed 50 Chief Administrative Secretaries (CAS). Joshua Nyawa delves into the implications of this ruling and argues for a shift from symbolic constitutionalism to real constitutionalism in Kenya.

According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 1.3 billion people experience significant disability. This represents 16% of the world’s population or 1 in 6 of us. Persons with disabilities face discrimination and barriers that restrict them from participating in society on an equal basis with others every day. They are commonly denied amongst others rights, their right to be included in the workplace. In this article, Ann Haret Chepkemoi appraises laws that relate to persons with disability in Kenya.