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Africa's child soldiers/suicide children: A regulatory framework (2018)
Journal Article
Olivier, M. (2018). Africa's child soldiers/suicide children: A regulatory framework. International Journal of Law and Society, 1(3), 115-124. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijls.20180103.13

Despite the prohibition of child soldiers by international law, recent African conflicts have witnessed a persistence of this phenomenon, which is becoming ever more specialised. An example of such specialist involvement of children in African armed... Read More about Africa's child soldiers/suicide children: A regulatory framework.

Forced marriage, slavery, and plural legal systems: An African example (2016)
Journal Article
Sarich, J., Olivier, M., & Bales, K. (2016). Forced marriage, slavery, and plural legal systems: An African example. Human rights quarterly, 38(2), 450-476. https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2016.0030

Slavery, long abolished under international law, left a devastating imprint on Africa. However, enslavement of women through forced marriages remains a common phenomenon in many African states. These African states share the common feature of legal p... Read More about Forced marriage, slavery, and plural legal systems: An African example.

The role of African Union law in integrating Africa (2015)
Journal Article
Olivier, M. E., & Olivier, M. (2015). The role of African Union law in integrating Africa. The South African journal of international affairs, 22(4), 513-533. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2015.1119718

This article traces how the development of regional law is linked to the state of regional integration in Africa. Given the prominent role European Union law plays in the functioning of the European Union, the question is posed whether there is simil... Read More about The role of African Union law in integrating Africa.

Civil society and democratisation in Africa with specific reference to the African Peer Review Mechanism (2011)
Journal Article
Olivier, M. (2011). Civil society and democratisation in Africa with specific reference to the African Peer Review Mechanism. Strategic review for Southern Africa, 33(2), 106-127

The absence of political tolerance and human rights in many postcolonial African states severely limit the establishment and independent functioning of civil society African states. In the post-Cold War era a new wave of democratisation has emerged i... Read More about Civil society and democratisation in Africa with specific reference to the African Peer Review Mechanism.