“Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Africa: A Human Rights Perspective” is a new book by Lilian Chenwi that exam­ines the his­to­ry of cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment in Africa and the con­ti­nen­t’s emerg­ing trend away from the death penal­ty. In her book, Chenwi details the impact that both inter­na­tion­al human rights orga­ni­za­tions and inter­na­tion­al treaties have had on shift­ing African views about cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment. This resource includes chap­ters on the his­to­ry and cur­rent state of cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment in Africa, the right to life in the con­ti­nent, and a review of the pro­hi­bi­tion of cru­el and inhu­mane pun­ish­ment in Africa. Chenwi is a human rights attor­ney and senior researcher in the Socio-Economic Rights Project of the Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape.
(Book descrip­tion, May 15, 2007; pub. by Pretoria University Law Press, 2007). See International Death Penalty and Books.

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