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The Status and Legitimacy of Popular Uprisings in the AU Norms on Democracy and Constitutional Governance
Journal of African Law ( IF 0.277 ) Pub Date : 2019-05-01 , DOI: 10.1017/s0021855319000019
Solomon A Dersso

During the first decade of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, one significant political development in Africa has been the resort to popular protests or uprisings against tyrannical rule. These uprisings have been remarkable for their scale and extraordinary political ramifications, and succeeded in unseating longstanding authoritarian rulers. They presented serious challenges to the African Union's democratic and constitutional governance norms, in particular regarding the status of uprisings in relation to the ban on unconstitutional changes of government and the determination of whether and when resultant changes of government are constitutional. In addressing these issues, this article contends that, although popular uprisings (also called “democratic revolutions”) are not a priori deemed constitutional, the AU's application of its norm banning unconstitutional changes of government to the popular uprisings in North Africa and Burkina Faso has opened a legal avenue that offers constitutional legitimacy for popular uprisings overthrowing authoritarian regimes.

中文翻译:

非盟民主和宪政规范中民众起义的地位和合法性

在《非洲民主、选举和治理宪章》的第一个十年期间,非洲的一个重大政治发展是诉诸民众抗议或起义反对专制统治。这些起义因其规模和非凡的政治影响而引人注目,并成功地推翻了长期的专制统治者。它们对非洲联盟的民主和宪法治理规范提出了严峻挑战,特别是在与禁止违宪政府更迭相关的起义地位以及确定由此产生的政府更迭是否符合宪法以及何时符合宪法的问题上。在解决这些问题时,本文认为,尽管民众起义(也称为“民主革命”)并非先验地被视为符合宪法的,但 AU'
更新日期:2019-05-01
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