Online article about the legal system and human rights law of Senegal written by Horace Sègnonna Adjolohoun, a lawyer and human rights expert. The article was published in 2009 on New York University's Globalex website. It gives an overview of the Senegalese legal system and guidance on researching the law of Senegal. There is a section on the status of international human rights law, covering the ratification and implementation of international agreements and the interpretation of international human rights law in the Senegalese courts. The author looks at Senegal's membership of regional bodies and the procedure for enforcing the decisions of regional courts. There is also a section on the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights ratified by Senegal in 1982 and on the Protocol to the African Charter on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights which Senegal ratified in 1998.
Visiting the Senegalese legal system and legal research: a human rights perspective
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