African Disability Rights Yearbook Volume 9 2021
Edited by Charles Ngwena, Helene Combrinck, Serges Djoyou Kamga & Nkatha Murungi
2021
ISSN: 2311-8970
E-ISSN: 2413-7138
Pages: 297
Print version: Available
Electronic version: Free PDF available
About the publication
The editors of the African Disability Rights Yearbook (ADRY) are pleased to announce the publication of the ninth volume of the ADRY.
Section A of this volume features eight articles by: Yvette Basson on equality for women with disabilities in South Africa and the implementation of Articles 5 and 6 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Mildred Bekink on the protection of disabled child victims within the South African criminal justice system; Ebenezer Durojaye and Robert Doya Nanima on the realisation of the right to health of persons with disabilities in the COVID-19 era: Paul Ochieng Juma and Beryl Orao on the impact of global and regional jurisprudence on the right to health of persons with disabilities in Kenyan courts; Adetokunbo Johnson on the voiceless woman and protecting intersectional identity under section 42 of the Nigerian Constitution; Jorge Manhique on ensuring participation and ownership of development programmes for persons with disabilities in Mozambique; Khetsiwe Masuku, Juan Bornman and Ensa Johnson on exploring barriers to access to healthcare for persons with disabilities in Eswatini; and Neel Raamandarsingh Purmah on inclusive education for learners with disabilities in Mauritius.
Section B contains four country reports by: Dagnachew B Wakene, Priscilla Yoon and Tsion Mengistu on Ethiopia; Marianne Séverin on Guinée; Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga on Algeria and SA Ngubane and JN Zongozzi on Sudan.
Section C on regional developments contains two commentaries by: Eilionóir Flynn on the rights of older persons with disabilities in the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; and Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, Ikponwosa Ero, Innocentia Mgijima-Konopi, Emma Strobell and Barbara Astle on mothering and albinism.
The 2021 volume ends with a book review of Mental Health, Legal Capacity and Human Rights (2021) authored by Michael Ashley Stein, Faraaz Mahomed, Vikram Patel and Charlene Sunkel. The book is reviewed by Paul Ochieng Juma.
The financial assistance of the Open Society Institute Budapest Foundation (OSI) a Hungarian charitable foundation within the Open Society Foundations (OSF), in particular the Higher Education Support Project (HESP) is gratefully acknowledged.
Editors
Charles Ngwena (convening editor)
Heléne Combrinck
Serges Djoyou Kamga
Nkatha Murungi
Table of Contents
EDITORIAL
SECTION A: ARTICLES
The realisation of the right to health of persons with disabilities in the COVID-19 era: Evaluating South Africa’s (non) inclusive response
Ebenezer Durojaye & Robert Doya Nanima
To what extent is global and regional jurisprudence on the right to health of persons with disabilities reflected in Kenyan courts?
Paul Ochieng Juma & Beryl Orao
The voiceless woman: Protecting the intersectional identity under Section 42 of Nigeria’s Constitution
Adetokunbo Johnson
Access to healthcare for persons with disabilities in Eswatini: A triadic exploration of barriers
Khetsiwe P Masuku, Juan Bornman & Ensa Johnson
Inclusive education for learners with disabilities in Mauritius: The ‘rights’ way forward
Neel Raamandarsingh Purmah
SECTION B: COUNTRY REPORTS
Algeria
Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga
Ethiopia
Dagnachew B Wakene, Priscilla Yoon & Tsion Mengistu
Guinée
Marianne Séver
Sudan
SA Ngubane & JN Zongozzi
SECTION C: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
The rights of older persons with disabilities in the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: A critical analysis
Eilionóir Flynn
Mothering and Albinism: Recommendations for disability rights in Africa
Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, Ikponwosa Ero, Innocentia Mgijima-Konopi, Emma Strobell & Barbara Astle
BOOK REVIEW
Michael Ashley Stein, Faraaz Mahomed, Vikram Patel & Charlene Sunkel: Mental Health, Legal Capacity and Human Rights (2021)
Paul Ochieng Juma