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Legal education in a changing world : report of the Committee on legal education in the developing countries

Upphovsperson: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet,
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : International Legal Center; Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1975
Ämnesord: Africa, Education, Legal sciences, Developing countries, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This is a report of an international committee of legal scholars appointed by the International Legal Center to study the progress and problems of legal education in the developing regions of the world. The report argues that the importance of legal education, both as an educational experience and as a source of valuable practical skills for the development of a society, has been consistently underestimated in the developing countries. At the same time, the report urges that legal education has to be planned within the context of and related to the local social and developmental situation, taking into account such factors as differences in the use of formal laws and legal processes and in the perception of their value. It is necessary to approach law as a discipline which helps to understand and solve problems of development. The report also dentifies some problems that are likely to be important concerns of legal education.

A road to development : Africa in the 21st century

Medarbetare: Olukoshi, Adebayo O. | Wohlgemuth, Lennart
Utgivare: Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1995
Ämnesord: Uganda, Southern Africa, Africa, Democratization, Development strategy, Economic reform, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This publication presents a synopsis of the papers presented at a conference arranged in October 1994, discussing the origins, achievements and problems as well as the prospects for sustainable political and economic change in Africa. Although there is a clear recognition of the problems facing Africa, overall the assessments point in a more positive direction than is usually found in current reporting on Africa.

Urban environmental health and hygiene in sub-Saharan Africa

Upphovspersoner: Nordberg, Erik | Winblad, Uno
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1994
Ämnesord: Water supply, Sanitation, Hygiene, Health services, Toilets, Urban areas, Aid programmes, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
A study of environmental hygiene problems in urban low-income areas in Africa. Urban shantytowns with extreme crowding, poor housing and unsanitary environmental conditions are growing problems. The authors mean that development assistance organizations must pay attention to these problems in urban areas, where in a few decades about half of the people in most developing areas will reside.

The agrarian question in Southern Africa and "Accumulation from below" : economics and politics in the struggle for democracy

Upphovsperson: Neocosmos, Michael
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1993
Ämnesord: Southern Africa, Agriculture, Agrarian structure, Democratization, Economic systems, Socialism, Imperialism, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
Democratisation is on the agenda in Africa, but as the author stresses, this is not just a political question. Alternative forms of accumulation from below must be addressed, and this he does against the backdrop of the historical experiences of Southern Africa.

The UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs in Angola : a model for the coordination of humanitarian assistance?

Upphovsperson: Lanzer, Toby
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1996
Ämnesord: Angola, Southern Africa, Emergency relief, Diplomacy, Government, Internal security, UNITA, United Nations, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This report describes the activities of the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA) in Angola from April 1993 to April 1995. It starts with the creation of DHA Angola in 1993 and continues to describe how relations were established with the Government and UNITA. It covers the different ways in which main concepts and roles and responsibilities could be discussed and agreed to. It presents the day-to-day activities including the crucial information exchange. It shows how DHA organised the preparation and launching of inter-agency appeals. It describes how DHA promoted and monitored the safety of humanitarian agency personnel and how capacity building was made one of the important strategies of DHA.

Human rights and homosexuality in Southern Africa

Upphovspersoner: Dunton, Chris | Palmberg, Mai
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1996
Ämnesord: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Human rights, Homosexuality, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
At the 1995 Zimbabwe International Bookfair the organisation of Gays and Lesbians in Zimbabwe was prevented from taking part. This opened up an unprecedented debate in southern Africa, which is conveyed in this report, together with a survey of African views on homosexuality, a global overview on homosexuality and the law, and an address list of human rights organisations and organisations working for gay and lesbian rights. A first-hand report and analysis of the new book fair drama in Harare 1996 is included in the new expanded edition.

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