global-journal-of-human-social-science-a-arts-humanities Global Journal of Human-Social Science - A: Arts & Humanities 0975-587X 2249-460X Global Journals Publishing Group Incorporated 73773 New Trends In The African Human Rights System: Prospects Of African Regional Human Rights Courts* YerimaTimothy F. NIGERIA, Kogi State University, Anyigba-Nigeria 15 01 2012 12 2 67 78

One of the impacts of the Second World War (WW II) is the movement from the strict reliance on the principle of state sovereignty or v jurisdiction to the concept of universality. 1 The concept gave impetus to and culminated in the adoption of plethora of human rights instruments. Under the United Nations auspices, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948; 2 and today it “represents a major milestone in human progress.” 3 It is also the “corner stone of contemporary human rights law,” 4 O

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One of the impacts of the Second World War (WW II) is the movement from the strict reliance on the principle of state sovereignty or v jurisdiction to the concept of universality. 1 The concept gave impetus to and culminated in the adoption of plethora of human rights instruments. Under the United Nations auspices, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948; 2 and today it “represents a major milestone in human progress.” 3 It is also the “corner stone of contemporary human rights law,” 4 O