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Realising Socio-Economic Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Africa

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Editors:
  1. Ebenezer Durojaye

    1. Socio-Economic Rights Project Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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  2. Robert Doya Nanima

    1. Department of Criminal Justice and Procedure, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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  3. Abiola Idowu-Ojo

    1. African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Banjul, Gambia

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  4. Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi

    1. Socio-Economic Rights Project Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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  • First book to examine the socio-economic rights challenges of refugees and asylum seekers in Africa
  • Tackles one of the most challenging and enduring problems with the international refugee protection regime
  • Brings together experienced and emerging African scholars, including ones with lived experience of displacement

Part of the book series: Politics of Citizenship and Migration (POCM)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Socio-Economic Rights for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Under International Law

    • Ebenezer Durojaye, Robert Doya Nanima, Abiola Idowu-Ojo, Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi
    Pages 1-21

  3. The Relevance of and Challenges in the Enjoyment of Socio-Economic Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Africa

    • Ebenezer Durojaye, Robert Doya Nanima, Abiola Idowu-Ojo, Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi
    Pages 23-42

  4. The Right of Access to Social Protection for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Africa in the Covid-19 Era

    • Kennedy Chege
    Pages 43-79

  5. Human Dignity and the Realisation of Socio-Economic Rights of Refugees in Africa

    • Callixte Kavuro
    Pages 81-109

  6. The Role of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Promoting the Socio-Economic Rights of Migrants

    • Bright Nkrumah
    Pages 111-138

  7. Contextualising the Socio-Economic Rights of the Refugee Child: An Evaluation of the Position of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

    • Robert Doya Nanima
    Pages 139-164

  8. Transnational African Child Rights Civil Society Architecture: A Cul De Sac Initiative Addressing the Socio-Economic Rights of Child Refugees?

    • Musavengana Winston Theodore Chibwana
    Pages 165-189

  9. The Rule of Law and the Principle of Non-Refoulement: An Appraisal of the Human Rights Protection of Refugees in South Africa

    • Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga, Rashri Baboolal-Frank
    Pages 191-211

  10. Maternal Health Rights of Refugee Women in Uganda: Confronting the Multiple Layers of Vulnerability

    • Emma Charlene Lubaale
    Pages 213-246

  11. The Tensions Between National Security and Refugee Protection Within the Context of the Boko Haram Insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin

    • Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga
    Pages 247-274

  12. Legal Protection of Socio-Economic Rights of IDPs, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Sudan: Prospects and Challenges

    • Joseph Geng Akech
    Pages 275-293

  13. Unfulfilled Rights to Education and Development for Unaccompanied Child Refugees Under Zimbabwe’s Encampment Policy

    • James Tinotenda Ndemera
    Pages 295-322

  14. Refugees’ and Asylum Seekers’ Access to the Right to Work in Kenya: Barriers and Prospects

    • Julie Lugulu, Ferd Moyomba
    Pages 323-346

  15. From De Jure to De Facto? Realising the Socio-Economic Rights of Refugees in Malawi

    • Angela Nkatha Mutema
    Pages 347-369

  16. Realising the Socio-Economic Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Africa: The Nigerian Situation

    • Olubayo Oluduro, St. Emmanuel Ayooluwa
    Pages 371-405

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 407-410
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About this book

This book examines the socio-economic rights challenges of refugees and asylum seekers in Africa. It seeks to fill a major gap in the literature by providing a nuanced discussion of the barriers to the realisation of the socio-economic rights of refugees and asylum seekers in Africa. It equally aims to provide some concrete recommendations to African governments towards the realisation of the socio-economic rights of refugees and asylum seekers. With the aid of lessons from selected African countries, this book highlights the gaps, challenges and good practices regarding the realisation of the socio-economic rights of refugees and asylum seekers in the region. The book will be useful to researchers, students, academicians, policymakers, and international organisations or institutions interested in advancing the rights of refugees and asylum seekers.




Editors and Affiliations

  • Socio-Economic Rights Project Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

    Ebenezer Durojaye, Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi

  • Department of Criminal Justice and Procedure, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

    Robert Doya Nanima

  • African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Banjul, Gambia

    Abiola Idowu-Ojo

About the editors

Ebenezer Durojaye is Professor and Head of the Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. His areas of research include human rights, socio-eco­nomic rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender, and consti­tutionalism.  

Robert Doya Nanima is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice and Procedures, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He is a member of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.

Abiola Idowu-Ojo is Senior Legal Officer with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), Banjul, The Gambia. She has a long experience in human rights research and practice, both within the ACHPR/African Union and as an independent expert.

Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi is Researcher with the Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She has a long experience in research, advocacy and teaching in the field of socio-economic rights.

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