Santino Ayuel Longar Dau is an Assistant Professor and Director of Law Development Center at the School of Law, University of Juba, in South Sudan.

This book, written by a young scholar from South Sudan, a country that has been deeply embroiled in this debate because it is new and at war, is timely and as provocative as it is educative. International Human Rights in Post-Colonial Africa both educates and is enjoyable to read as it not only records all corners of highly contested perspectives, but also provides a picture of its authors agile legal and philosophical mind.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Illustrations/FiguresList of AbbreviationsChapter One: Universalism Versus Cultural Relativism in the African Debate on IHRsChapter Two: Between Universalism and Cultural Relativism: Unpacking the Key ConceptsChapter Three: Application of the Modified Modernisation Theory to Explain the Relevance of Human Rights to AfricaChapter Four: IHRs as Sui Generis Moral and Legal Rights: A Justification for UniversalityChapter Five: ConclusionThe Universalism versus Relativism Debate: Strengths and LimitationsPractical and Theoretical Justifications for Universality of Human Rights StandardsBibliography

Santino Ayuel Longar Dau is an Assistant Professor and Director of Law Development Center at the School of Law, University of Juba, in South Sudan.

This book, written by a young scholar from South Sudan, a country that has been deeply embroiled in this debate because it is new and at war, is timely and as provocative as it is educative. International Human Rights in Post-Colonial Africa both educates and is enjoyable to read as it not only records all corners of highly contested perspectives, but also provides a picture of its authors agile legal and philosophical mind.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Illustrations/FiguresList of AbbreviationsChapter One: Universalism Versus Cultural Relativism in the African Debate on IHRsChapter Two: Between Universalism and Cultural Relativism: Unpacking the Key ConceptsChapter Three: Application of the Modified Modernisation Theory to Explain the Relevance of Human Rights to AfricaChapter Four: IHRs as Sui Generis Moral and Legal Rights: A Justification for UniversalityChapter Five: ConclusionThe Universalism versus Relativism Debate: Strengths and LimitationsPractical and Theoretical Justifications for Universality of Human Rights StandardsBibliography

Santino Ayuel Longar Dau is an Assistant Professor and Director of Law Development Center at the School of Law, University of Juba, in South Sudan.

This book, written by a young scholar from South Sudan, a country that has been deeply embroiled in this debate because it is new and at war, is timely and as provocative as it is educative. International Human Rights in Post-Colonial Africa both educates and is enjoyable to read as it not only records all corners of highly contested perspectives, but also provides a picture of its authors agile legal and philosophical mind.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Illustrations/FiguresList of AbbreviationsChapter One: Universalism Versus Cultural Relativism in the African Debate on IHRsChapter Two: Between Universalism and Cultural Relativism: Unpacking the Key ConceptsChapter Three: Application of the Modified Modernisation Theory to Explain the Relevance of Human Rights to AfricaChapter Four: IHRs as Sui Generis Moral and Legal Rights: A Justification for UniversalityChapter Five: ConclusionThe Universalism versus Relativism Debate: Strengths and LimitationsPractical and Theoretical Justifications for Universality of Human Rights StandardsBibliography