Mr Michael Gyan Nyarko

Profile

Michael Gyan Nyarko is currently the Manager of the Litigation and Implementation Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, where he also serves on the Editorial Committee of the African Human Rights Yearbook and edits the Centre’s blog, AfricLaw. His research interests include international human rights law, the African human rights system, children's rights socio-economic rights, business and human rights, human rights and vulnerabilities, digital rights and the impact/implementation of international human rights law in national legal systems. He is the author of several book chapters and journal papers on human rights and democratisation in Africa and the co-editor of three books on governance and human rights in Africa.

Research

Publications

1. MG Nyarko ‘The impact of the African Charter and Maputo Protocol in Ghana’ in VO Ayeni (ed) The impact of the African Charter and Maputo Protocol in selected African states (Pretoria University Law Press, 2016) 85.
2. MG Nyarko & H Ekefre ‘Recent advances in children’s rights in the African human rights system: A review of the decision of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in the Talibés Case’ (2016) 15 Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 385.
3. N Hachez, VG Hegde, B Lein & MG Nyarko ‘The impact of international global governance and regulatory frameworks in trade’, (2016) FRAME Deliverable 9.3, available at https://doi.org/20.500.11825/115
4. MG Nyarko & AO Jegede ‘Human rights developments in the African Union during 2016’ (2017) 17 African Human Rights Law Journal 294.
5. MG Nyarko ‘Selected developments in human rights and democratisation during 2016: Sub-Saharan Africa’ (2017) 1 Global Campus Journal of Human Rights 423.
6. M Adaney & MG Nyarko ‘Governance and human rights in twenty-first Century Africa: An introductory appraisal’ in M Adaney & MG Nyarko (eds) Ghana @60: Governance and human rights in twenty-first Century Africa (2017) 1.
7. M Adaney & MG Nyarko (eds) Ghana @60: Governance and human rights in twenty-first Century Africa (Pretoria University Law Press, 2017).
8. M Addaney, E Boshoff & MG Nyarko ‘Protection of environmental assets in urban Africa: Regional and Sub-Regional Human Rights and Practical Environmental Protection Mechanisms’ (2018) 24 Australian Journal of Human Rights 282-200.
9. MG Nyarko & T Makunya ‘Selected developments in human rights and democratisation during 2017: Sub-Saharan Africa’ (2018) 2 Global Campus Journal of Human Rights 147.
10. M Killander & MG Nyarko ‘Human rights developments in the African Union (January 2017 – September 2018’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 732.
11. MG Nyarko ‘The right to property and compulsory land acquisition in Ghana: A human rights perspective’ (2019) 27 African Journal of International and Comparative Law 100.
12. M Addaney, MG Nyarko & E Bossof ‘Enhancing the Legal Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources during Armed Conflict in Africa’ (2019) 3 Chinese Journal of Environmental Law 85.
13. MG Nyarko ‘Towards effective implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in Egypt’ (2018) 11 African Journal of Legal Studies 141.
14. MG Nyarko, A Addaney & E Bossof ‘Historical context of governance and human rights in Africa’ in A Addaney, MG Nyarko & E Bossof (eds) Governance, human rights and political transformation in Africa (2019) 1
15. MG Nyarko ‘The role of the judiciary in protecting the right to protest in Africa: Lessons from Ghana’ in M Addaney, MG Nyarko & E Bossof (eds) Governance, human rights and political transformation in Africa (2019) 247
16. M Addaney, MG Nyarko & E Bossof (eds) Governance, human rights and political transformation in Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
17. R Adeola, MG Nyarko, A Okeowo & F Viljoen ‘Arts, human rights and the law in Africa: An introduction’ in R Adeola, MG Nyarko, A Okeowo & F Viljoen (eds) The art of human rights: Commingling art, human rights and the law in Africa (Springer, 2020)
18. R Adeola, MG Nyarko, A Okeowo & F Viljoen (eds) The art of human rights: Commingling art, human rights and the law in Africa (Springer, 2020)
19. MG Nyarko & M Plagis ‘Supporting the mandate of the African Court’ (2020) African Human Rights Policy Paper 2.
20. Digital rights and inclusion in Ghana-2020 in G Sesan et al (eds) Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa-2020 (2021) 44.
21. MG Nyarko & T Ilori ‘Litigating internet shutdowns in Africa: A guide on approaching the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Optima, 2022).
22. R Lyndon & MG Nyarko ‘Digital verification and its discontents: Investigating tear gas abuse in a digital age’ in M Mair, R Meckin & M Elliot (eds) Investigative methods: An NCRM innovation collection (2022) 10, DOI: 10.5258/NCRM/NCRM.00004544.
23. MG Nyarko ‘Digital rights and inclusion in Ghana-2021 in G Sesan et al (eds) Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa-2021 (2022).
24. MG Nyarko ‘Study on the implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in Ghana’ in E Fokala, N Murungi & M Amai (eds) The status of implementation of the Africa Children’s Charter: A ten-country study (PULP, 2022) 208.
25. MG Nyarko ‘The United Nation’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and Uganda’s extractive sector’ in DS Olawuyi and OO Abe (eds) Business and human rights law and practice in Africa (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022) 56.
26. MG Nyarko & S Bah ‘Charting a path for economic, social and cultural rights in the ‘’new Gambia’’’ in S Nabaneh, A Abebe & G Sowe (eds) The Gambia in transition: Towards a new constitutional order (Pretoria University Law Press, 2022) 95.

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