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Governance
Perspectives
September 2009
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Governance Perspectives is a monthly update published by the Governance and African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). Governance Perspectives aims to contribute to a robust and informed debate on the nature of Africa's governance challenges and successes. We hope to keep civil society groups, researchers, governments and development partners informed about issues relating to governance, accountability and democracy. Each month, Governance Perspectives will feature SAIIA Occasional Papers as well as opinion articles, and links to interesting, relevant new material.
We hope that you will visit our website to subscribe in order to continue receiving this newsletter, and look forward to hearing your views. Steven Gruzd, programme head, APRM Programme, steven.gruzd@wits.ac.za
APRM in the News
In August, reports emerged that two members of the APRM’s Panel of Eminent Persons, Ambassador Bethuel Kiplagat (Kenya) and Professor Dorothy Njeuma (Cameroon), had been relieved of their duties by the chairperson of the Panel, Professor Adebayo Adedeji (Nigeria). There have been other changes over the past year: Dr Chris Stals (South Africa) retired from the Panel in June 2008 (but continues as a consultant), and Mrs Marie-Angelique Savané (Senegal) was not nominated for re-selection by her president in October 2008. Press reports in July 2009 noted that Mrs Domitilia Mukantaganzwa (Rwanda) had joined the panel. This leaves just four active members at present: Adedeji, Mukantanganzwa, Graça Machel (Mozambique) and Dr Mouhamed-Seghir Babes (Algeria). The mandate of the original panel of seven members – appointed in 2003 – was meant to have expired in 2007 but has been repeatedly extended, with members scheduled to resign in phases. However, the manner of choosing their replacements has lacked transparency. Governments are meant to make recommendations, but few appear to have consulted their citizens.
Uganda’s APRM Country Review Report is now available online on the APRM’s website:
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and the Nepad Uganda website:
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The APRM Country Review Report continues to receive sustained coverage in Uganda:
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The Mauritius Times carries coverage of some of the key governance issues in Mauritius, following its APRM Country Review Mission in July 2009.
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SAIIA Occasional Paper, No.39, August 2009 (English)
Governance and APRM Programme
Whither Human Rights in African International Relations?
by Mireille Affa'a Mindzie
- English [.pdf]
In a constantly evolving global context, have African countries been able to initiate a continental human rights foreign policy? Have such developments contributed to enhancing rather than discrediting further the consideration given to respect for human rights in international relations?
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The South African Journal of International Affairs seeks article submissions focused on Africa's (and South Africa's) international relations, and key governance and developmental challenges. African scholars are especially encouraged to make submissions. Articles should be 5000 to 8000 words long, employing endnotes for referencing. All submissions will be subject to a blind peer review, and articles must not be simultaneously under consideration for publication elsewhere. Please forward an abstract of the article to the Editor, Martha Bridgman, at sajia.editor@saiia.org.za or on CD in MS Word format via post to:
SAJIA,
PO Box 31596,
Braamfontein,
2017, South Africa.
Authors of successful abstracts will be notified with regard to submission of a full article.
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SAIIA’s online APRM Toolkit has been redesigned and updated with the latest information on the APRM, including several SAIIA Occasional Papers, relevant research reports, several academic papers on the APRM as well as the APR Country Review Reports of Algeria and Benin. We plan to update the APRM Toolkit on a monthly basis so please check back regularly. If you have written a paper on the APRM or governance matters in Africa and would like to share it, please email yarik.turianskyi@wits.ac.za with the subject line "APRM Toolkit'.
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If you would like to submit an original, unpublished, governance-related manuscript for possible inclusion in the SAIIA Occasional Paper series, please email steven.gruzd@wits.ac.za
Opinions expressed in papers and articles are those of their authors, and not SAIIA.
SAIIA gratefully acknowledges the Royal Netherlands Embassy in South Africa, which has generously supported the Governance & APRM Programme and this series.
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