WAPILC Quarterly
Journal of the West Africa Public Interest Litigation Centre
WAPILC Quarterly
Volume 1, Number 1, 2009
WAPILC Quarterly seeks to bring together cutting-edge multidisciplinary ideas and expositions on Public Interest Litigation in the West Africa sub-region. The Quarterly is part of the research and publications mandate of the West Africa Public Interest Litigation Centre aimed at promoting human rights awareness and improving the rule of law and access to justice for citizens. It strives to provide a forum for legal practitioners, academics, national policy makers, non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations and the wider public on issues of human rights and public interest law. It will be published four times a year in English and in French.
Editor-in-Chief
Nana Tanko
Editorial Board
Nana Afadzinu
Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei
Raymond Atuguba
Ismaila Madior Fall
Bosede Muibi
Nana Tanko
Editorial Office
The Editor in Chief
WAPILC Quarterly
Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
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Volume 1, Number 1, 2009
Contents
- Editor’s Note - Nana Tanko
- The West Africa Public Interest Litigation Centre (WAPILC): New Civil Society Resource Takes Off - OSIWA
- Public Interest Litigation: A Critical Ingredient for Effective Human Rights Activism in Africa - Raymond A. Atuguba
- The Role of Public Interest Law in Advancing Goals of the Constitution: Key Gains, Challenges and Limitations of Nigerian Democracy (1999–2007) - Femi Falana
- Constitutional Courts and the Protection of Fundamental Rights: A New Method of Protecting Public Interests in Francophone Africa - Ismaila Madior Fall
- The State of Public Interest Litigation in Ghana - Baasit Awudu Bamba
- Judicial Representation of the Public Interest in Francophone Africa - Alioune Sall
- Unveiling the West Africa Public Interest Litigation Centre (WAPILC): Report of the Inaugural Conference - Bosede Muibi & Lucy Hawker
- My Philly Odyssey! - Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei
ISSN 0850-3193