TOWARD AN EFFECTIVE SAFEGUARD FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHT IN AFRICA-THE NEED FOR AN AFRICA COURT

The adoption of the African charter on Human and people Rights! by the Organization of Africa Unity (OAU), now Africa Union (AU) has opened up the bases for a concrete analysis of both the regime of the relevant norms as well as that of the enforcement machinery. The development of the general human rights regime in Africa should be appreciated at three distinct levels. Firstly at the level of pre-colonial stage in which Africans and their various regimented or segmented communities dealt with each others. Secondly the effect of the devastating episode of colonialism and lastly the post colonial period with all the attendant influences both internal and external