The succession of Faure Gnassingbe to the Togolese presidency: an international law perspective
2005 (Engelska)Rapport (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [en]
The African renaissance - the renewal of the continent - effectively started in the last decade of the second millennium. A critical element is the increasing and widespread democratic awakening in all parts of Africa since the early 1990s as evidenced by the number of multi-party elections. Demonstrating their commitment to democracy, African leaders, under the auspices of regional organizations such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU), have increasingly made a number of treaties, declarations and other political commitments in the field of democracy and good governance (including the New Partnership for Africas Development (NEPAD) and the Declaration on Africas Response to Unconstitutional Changes of Government). Significantly, the recent politico-constitutional crisis in Togo, occasioned by the sudden death of President Gnassingbe Eyadema in early February 2005, after he had ruled the country with an iron-fist for 38 years, and the interim succession of his son, Faure Gnassingbe, to the presidency, raised issues of democracy and good governance and provided an opportunity for African countries to test the effectiveness of the various democracy-related instruments. Adopting a legal-jurisprudential perspective, the author skillfully examines the contradictions between the regional-international legal instruments that permit interference in the internal affairs of a Member State of ECOWAS and AU and the principles of international law that provide for sovereign equality of States and non-interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign State. Undoubtedly, this work will interest scholars, students and researchers in international law, international politics and international relations as well as general readers, especially those interested in African affairs.
CONTENT
Introduction
Politico-Constitutional Antecedents of the Recent Developments
Regional Instruments on Democratic Principles in Africa
Some Basic Principles of International Law: In a Nutshell Faure’s Succession: Validity of the Removal of Fambare Ouattara Natchaba from Office
Faure’s Succession and Legality of Constitutional Amendment
Faure’s Succession and the Doctrine of State Necessity
Faure’s Succession and Regional Instruments on Democracy and Good Governance
Concluding Remarks
References
Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2005. , s. 32
Serie
Current African issues, ISSN 0280-2171 ; 30
Nyckelord [en]
Presidency, Heads of state, inheritance, elections, democracy, constitutions, international law, Togo
Nationell ämneskategori
Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier)
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-116ISBN: 91-7106-555-5 (digital)ISBN: 91-7106-554-7 (tryckt)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nai-116DiVA, id: diva2:240415
2009-09-282009-09-232019-10-18Bibliografiskt granskad