A teleological approach to interpreting socio-economic rights in the African Charter : appropriateness and methodology

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dc.contributor.authorAmin, Annethen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-25T09:07:36Z
dc.date.available2022-05-25T09:07:36Z
dc.date.issued2021-07
dc.descriptionCITATION: Amin, A. 2021. A teleological approach to interpreting socio-economic rights in the African Charter: Appropriateness and methodology. African Human Rights Law Journal, 21(1): 204-233. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2021/v21n1a10.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.ahrlj.up.ac.za/en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe incorporation of socio-economic rights in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights should be considered a vital move towards the transformation of socio-economic conditions of the people on the continent. However, the envisaged socio-economic transformation depends largely on how these rights are interpreted. It is the task of the supervisory organs of the African Charter to develop the scope and content of these rights and their related obligations through interpretation. To achieve this interpretative objective, interpretive process of the supervisory organs should be guided by an appropriate approach to interpretation that is applied coherently. This article argues that the teleological approach to treaty interpretation is an appropriate approach to interpreting socio-economic rights in the African Charter. The article develops a methodology for application of the teleological approach through which socio-economic rights in the African Charter may be effectively interpreted.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://journals-co-za.ez.sun.ac.za/doi/10.17159/1996-2096/2021/v21n1a10en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.ahrlj.up.ac.za/amin-a
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dc.format.extent30 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAmin, A. 2021. A teleological approach to interpreting socio-economic rights in the African Charter: Appropriateness and methodology. African Human Rights Law Journal, 21(1): 204-233. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2021/v21n1a10.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1996-2096 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1609-073X (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.17159/1996-2096/2021/v21n1a10
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/125240
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherPretoria University Law Press (PULP)
dc.rights.holderPretoria University Law Press
dc.subjectAfrican Charteren_ZA
dc.subjectSocio-economic rightsen_ZA
dc.subjectTeleological approach to interpretationen_ZA
dc.subjectEffective interpretationen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (1981 June 27)en_ZA
dc.titleA teleological approach to interpreting socio-economic rights in the African Charter : appropriateness and methodologyen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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