Taking ethno-cultural diversity seriously in constitutional design: a theory of minority rights for addressing Africa's multiethnic challenge
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| adam_text | Taking Ethno-Cultural Diversity
Seriously in Constitutional Design
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A Theory of Minority Rights
for Addressing Africa s Multiethnic Challenge
i
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By
Solomon A Dersso
MARTINUS
NIJHOFF
PUBLISHERS
LEIDEN BOSTON
CONTENTS
Acknowledgement vii
Chapter I - Introduction
1 1 Background and Objectives of the Study 1
1 2 The Concept of Minorities 6
1 3 The Framework of Minority Rights Defended in this Study 15
1 4 The Implications of a Minority Rights Framework for
Democratisation in Africa 19
1 5 Methodology of the Study 26
1 6 Outline of Chapters 27
Chapter II - The Issue of Minorities in Africa: Describing its Context
and Understanding its Nature
2 1 Introduction 31
2 2 The Nature and Genesis of Ethno-Cultural Diversity in Africa 32
221 The Pre-colonial Background 33
222 Colonialism: The Emergence of New Patterns of Relations 35
223 Patterns of Ethno-Cultural Diversity Bequeathed
to the Post-colonial State 38
2231 States with a Majority Group 38
2232 States of Minorities 40
2 3 Various Categories of Minorities and the Nature
of their Claims 41
231 Ethno-Cultural Minorities 42
232 Ethno-Political Minorities 46
233 Ethno-National Minorities 51
234 Peripheral Minorities 55
2 4 Conclusion 59
Chapter III - The Issue of Minorities in the Political and
Constitutional Discourse and Practice of Post-colonial Africa
3 1 Introduction 61
3 2 The Imperative of Nation-Building 61
X CONTENTS
321 The Flaws and Ultimate Failure of Post-colonial Nation-
Building in Africa 71
3 3 The Influence of the Dominant Constitutional Paradigm of the
Nation-State 75
331 National (Popular) Sovereignty 75
332 The Limits of the Unitarist Conception of National Sovereignty 79
333 The Individual-Rights-Based Conception of the State-
Society Relationship 80
3 4 The Second African Independence and the Neglect of the Issue of
Minorities 87
341 The Nature of Post-1990 Constitutional Reform 88
342 The Nature of Post-1990 Constitutional Changes and
Democracy in Africa and their Limitations 90
3 5 Conclusion 94
Chapter IV - The Normative Bases for Constitutional
Accommodation of Ethno-Cultural Diversity in Africa:
The Three Components of the Minority Rights Framework
4 1 Introduction 97
4 2 Cultural Identity 97
421 The Theoretical Framework 97
422 The International Law Framework 102
4221 Identity and Existence 104
4222 Rights Relating to Language and Education 106
423 The African Human Rights System 107
4 3 Equality 108
431 Theoretical Framework 108
432 The International Law Framework 115
433 The African Human Rights System 118
4 4 Self-Determination 119
441 The Dominant Perspective and its Limits 120
442 Anaya on Self-Determination 123
443 Emerging Trends in International Law and the
African Human Rights System 125
4 5 Conclusion 128
e •
Chapter V - Towards a Multicultural Constitutional Framework:
The Institutional Dimensions of the Minority Rights Framework
5 1 Introduction 131
5 2 Self-vGovernment and/or Territorial Autonomy 131
CONTENTS Xi
5 3 Institutionalising Effective Representation and Participation of
Minorities 136
5 4 Language and Cultural Policies, and Guarantees for Cultural,
Religious and Linguistic Rights 141
5 5 Socio-economic Guarantees, Including Positive Measures 146
5 6 The Nature and Limits of Minority Rights and the
Principles Regulating Them 148
5 7 Conclusion 155
Chapter VI - South Africa s Constitutional Design for the
Accommodation of Diversity
6 1 Introduction 157
6 2 The Context: The Nature of Minority Issues in South Africa 157
6 3 Indirect Accommodation in the Political Processes and the
Structures of the State 160
631 Representation and Participation 160
632 Achievements and Limitations 166
633 The System of Provincial Government:
Minority Accommodation through Federalism 168
634 Provincial Boundaries 168
6341 The Division of Power 169
6342 Achievements and Challenges 170
635 Self-Determination 173
6 4 Language Policy and the Accommodation of
Linguistic Diversity 174
641 Official Languages 174
642 Other Language Guarantees 178
6 5 Rights of Religious and Cultural Communities 180
651 The Relationship between s 30 and s 31 180
652S 31 Rights 181
6521 The Right to Participate in Ones Culture and the
Recognition of Customary Law 182
6522 Exemptions from General Rules 184
6 6 The CRCRLC 187
6 7 Equality beyond Recognition of Difference: Socio-Economic
Guarantees, including Positive Measures 189
6 8 Conclusion 191
Chapter VII - The Case of Ethiopia s Ethnic Federalism
7 1 Introduction 193
xii CONTENTS
7 2 Federalism as the Only Viable Option 194
721 The Founding Principles and Peculiar Features of Ethiopia s
Federation 196
722 Member States of the Federation 198
723 Division of Powers 199
7 3 Representation and Participation 204
7 4 Language and Culture 206
741 Official Language 206
742 Language and Education 210
743 Rights to Language and Culture 211
7 5 Equality Beyond Recognition of Difference:
Socio-economic Guarantees, Including Positive Measures 212
7 6 Assessment of the Constitutional Design 213
761 The Limits of the Constitutional Design 213
7611 The Flaws in its Paradigmatic Basis 213
7612 Discrepancy Between Theory and Fact: The Neglect
of Regional Minorities 214
7613 Threat to Individual Rights 215
7614 Threat of the Fragmentation of the Political System
and the Common National Economy 217
7615 Horizontal Relationship Between Various Groups:
The Unregulated Domain 219
7616 Lack of Effective and Independent Constitutional
Adjudication Mechanism 220
762 Achievements 223
7 7 Conclusion 226
Chapter VIII - Conclusion, Findings and Final Observations
8 1 Introduction 229
8 2 The Core Arguments and Findings of the Study 230
8 3 Overall Conclusions and Final Observations 238
831 Federalism 239
832 Representation and Participation 242
833 Language, Culture and Religion 244
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Bibliography ^ 247
Index 261
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