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The African Garrison State: Human Rights & Political Development in Eritrea Revised and Updated

The African Garrison State: Human Rights & Political Development in Eritrea Revised and Updated

Tronvoll, Kjetil
Mekonnen, Daniel R.

Paperback

Series: Eastern Africa, Book 36

African HistoryGeneral Political ScienceSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1847011675
ISBN13: 9781847011671
Publisher: James Currey
Published: Jun 16 2017
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
WINNER: 2015 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award

Examines Eritrea's deprivation of human rights since independence and its transformation into a militarised garrison state.

When Eritrea gained independence in 1991, hopes were high for its transformation. In two decades, however, it became one of the most repressive in the world, effectively a militarised garrison state. This comprehensive and detailed analysis examines how the prospects for democracy in the new state turned to ashes, reviewing its development, and in particular the loss of human rights and the state's political organisation. Beginning with judicial development in independent Eritrea, subsequent chapters scrutinise the rule of law and the court system; the hobbled process of democratisation, and the curtailment of civil society; the Eritrean prison system and everyday life of detention and disappearances; and the situation of minorities in the country, first in general terms and then through exploration of a case study of the Kunama ethnic group. While the situation is bleak, it is not without hope, however: the conclusion focuses on opposition to the current regime, and offers scenarios of regime change and how the coming of a second republic may yet reconfigure Eritrea politically.

Kjetil Tronvoll is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Bjoerknes College, founding and senior partner of the International Law and Policy Institute, Oslo, and a former Professor of Human Rights at the University of Oslo; Daniel R. Mekonnen is Senior Legal Advisor, International Law and Policy Institute, Oslo, and former Judge of the Zoba Maekel Provincial Court in Eritrea.

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