Persuasive Prevention Towards a Principle for Implementing Article 4(h) and R2P by the African Union

This is a topical and original piece of scholary work that raises important questions and also provides an in-depth analysis of the R2P concept within the African context. I am not aware of an article that has focused so clearly on the African context and provided such an in-depth analysis of this new area of international law.

Dr. Dan Kuwali was a guest researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute in the spring of 2008. He i a Fellow at thr Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harward University. Dr. Kuwali is also the Deputy Director of Legal Services of the Malawi Defence Force.