Posted by: isolated freak March 31, 2005
Nepal Bandhs ahead
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Poonte bro, Banjul declaration is not only about female circumcision, it has more to it. It's more about African nations coming together to come up with their own human rights agreement which is a bit different than the UN declaration on human rights. It focuses more on "collective" approach and African identity. Also it focuses more on subsistence rights (second generation rights) than political rights. I hope this helps. For more, please see, Globalization of World Politics [ John Baylis and Steve Smith EDs./ OUP] or Human Rights and IR [R J Vincent, RIFA/CUP]. Come on poonte dai, IR grad student saying he doesn't know about banjul agreement is hard to believe k... :-)
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