Wissenschaftliche Literatur Uganda

Josephine Ndagire

National Redress for ‘Gendered’ International Crimes

Uganda, Germany and the International Criminal System

Strafrecht in Forschung und Praxis

On the premise that the duty of states to prosecute international crimes is a fairly new development, this book assesses the extent to which Uganda is meeting this obligation, using the international criminal justice system as a benchmark and the German criminal justice system as a ’best practices’ case study. The viability of law and justice structures to redress these crimes is evaluated through a comparative lens restricted to ’gendered’ international crimes, which…

Livingstone Sewanyana

Comparative Experiences of NGO Regulatory Frameworks

Eastern and Southern Africa

Verfassungsrecht in Forschung und Praxis

The growth of NGOs in sub-Saharan countries beginning in the 1990s, can be attributed to the ’new wave of democracy’ that led to the rebirth of associational life thus creating new spaces for people to organise. Hitherto many countries amended their constitutions to allow for political reforms. In countries such as Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Uganda, “one party constitutions were amended to introduce a bill of rights. [...]

Alexander Martin Saba

The Place of Independent Judiciary in Promoting and Protecting Democratic Governance in East Africa

Schriften zum ausländischen Recht

Die Förderung und der Schutz demokratischer Herrschaft in drei Mitgliedern der Ostafrikanischen Gemeinschaft (EAC), Kenia, Uganda und Tansania, bedingt die Mitwirkung vieler Einrichtungen und eine stabile Gewaltenteilung.

Gerichtsbarkeit ist zweifellos ein unverzichtbarer staatlicher Bereich, der Förderung und Schutz demokratischer Tugenden, wie Rechtsstaatlichkeit, Menschenrechte, Volksherrschaft und soziale Gerechtigkeit unterstützen kann. Daher müssen auch…

Prisca Schleiffer Marais

Cross-border Taking of Evidence in Civil and Commercial Matters in Switzerland, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Nigeria, and Uganda

Schriften zum Zivilprozessrecht

The book investigates the extent to which cross-border taking of evidence in civil and commercial matters in relation to Switzerland, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Nigeria, and Uganda is allowed. Such evidence-taking is not only governed by the domestic law of the state seeking evidence abroad and that of the state where the relevant means of proof are located, but also by public international law, and more specifically by the concept of sovereignty. The admissibility…

Audace Manirahinyuza

China als Chance für Afrika?

Der Einfluss der chinesischen Afrikapolitik auf (Good) Governance in Afrika und der Umgang der dortigen Eliten mit dem neuen Engagement Chinas

Schriften zur internationalen Politik

Die Intensivierung der chinesisch-afrikanischen Kooperation stellt Afrika vor Herausforderungen, bietet aber auch Chancen für die Wirtschaftsentwicklung und Integration Afrikas in den Globalisierungsprozess. Einerseits sind die Länder Afrikas damit deutlich weniger auf ihre traditionellen Handels- und Wirtschaftskooperationspartner angewiesen und China tritt in einen Wettbewerb mit diesen traditionellen Geberländern. Andererseits könnte das chinesische…

Michaela Triebel

Debt Relief as Panacea for Solving the Development Crisis of Sub-Saharan Africa

An Analysis of the HIPC Initiative

Wirtschaftspolitik in Forschung und Praxis

During the last years, poverty reduction has been in the centre of attention of all development agencies. While Latin America and East Asia as a region managed to significantly improve the living conditions of their people, the quality of life for most people in sub-Saharan Africa appears to only have improved marginally. Africa remains the least developed region of the world. Therefore, the development problem of the African continent has been subject to great concerns…