African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law
Mia Swart (Editor-in-chief)
ISSN: 2521-2621
Year: 2006 – Current
Published: Annually
Accreditation(s): Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
About this publication
The African Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (AYIHL) is an annual legal journal which aims to promote interest and research in International Humanitarian Law and Policy. The AYIHL provides an attractive and positive forum for publications on all aspects of International Humanitarian Law of relevance to Africa and African academics.
Through its encouragement of interest and research in the area, the publication contributes to the prevention of violations of international humanitarian law.
VOLUMES AND ISSUES
Volume / Issue
2021
The killing fields of Matabeleland: An examination of the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe
Author: Siphosami Malunga
Source: African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law, pp 1 – 45 (2021)
Reparations without reparation: A critique of the Germany–Namibia Accord on colonial genocide
Author: Catherine S. Namakula
Source: African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law, pp 46 – 66 (2021)
The use of universal jurisdiction to ensure accountability for international crimes committed in Liberia in the periods 1989 to 1997 and 1999 to 2003
Author: Shannon Bosch
Source: African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law, pp 67 – 92 (2021)
International humanitarian law in the African Commission’s General Comment No 3 on the Right to Life: A critical and comparative analysis
Author: Brian Sang YK
Source: African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law, pp 93 – 133 (2021)
The silence of Africa in the international humanitarian law debate
Author: Kenneth Wyne Mutuma
Source: African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law, pp 134 – 149 (2021)
Uganda’s decision ‘In the Matter of an Arrest Warrant and the Surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC) of Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir’: Explanation, issues and consequences
Author: Kasaija Phillip Apuuli
Source: African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law, pp 150 – 173 (2021)
Counting apples as oranges: Problems under international humanitarian law with designating the Allied Democratic Forces and Ansar al-Sunna foreign terrorist organisations
Author: Rebecca Rattner
Source: African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law, pp 174 – 190 (2021)
Book Review: To Catch a Dictator: The Pursuit and Trial of Hissène Habré by Reed Brody (2022) Columbia University Press, 296 pp
Author: Mia Swart
Source: African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law, pp 191 – 195 (2021)