OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of African Law is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Poor Lives Matter: COVID-19 and the Plight of Vulnerable Groups with Specific Reference to Poverty and Inequality in South Africa	8
Crisis as Opportunity: Exploring the African Union's Response to COVID-19 and the Implications for Its Aspirational Supranational Powers	8
Implementing the AfCFTA Agreement: A Case for the Harmonization of Data Protection Law in Africa	7
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Niger Delta: Past, Present and Future Challenges	6
Regulatory Imperatives for Renewable Energy: South African Perspectives	5
Introduction: COVID-19 and the Law in Africa	4
Access to Pharmaceutical Patents in the COVID-19 Emergency: A Case for Government Use in Nigeria	3
COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Privacy Rights in Ghana: A Critical Analysis of the Establishment of Emergency Communications System Instrument, 2020 (EI 63)	3
COVID-19 and Sudan: The Impact on Economic and Social Rights in the Context of a Fragile Democratic Transition and Suspended Constitutionalism	3
COVID-19 and the Violation of the Right to Basic Education of Learners with Disabilities in South Africa: An Examination of Centre for Child Law v Minister of Basic Education	3
Host States’ Monetary Sovereignty Within the Construct of Bilateral Investment Treaties	3
A Critical Examination of the African Legal Framework for Indigenous Knowledge	2
A Commentary on the African Commission's General Comment on the Right to Freedom of Movement and Residence under Article 12(1) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights	2
Higher Education Financing in Lesotho: Regulation to Realize Its Sustainability and Increase Inclusiveness	2
The Responsibility to Protect Internally Displaced Persons in Africa	2
Unlawful Occupiers, Eviction and the National State of Disaster: Considering South Africa's Emergency Legislation and Jurisprudence During COVID-19	2
Regulating Innovation for Financial Inclusion: Lessons from Nigeria	2
Child Labour in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mines in Uganda: Are Legal Protections Adequate?	2
The Kampala Convention and the Protection of Persons Internally Displaced by Harmful Practices in Africa	2
International Solidarity and the Global Compact on Refugees: What Role for the African Union and the European Union?	2
Electoral Governance and Human Rights Amid Pandemics in Africa: Key Lessons from the Early COVID-19 Experience	2
Containing COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Government Measures and Women's Compliance	2
Community Based Natural Resources Management in Botswana	2
The Islamic Law of Marriage and Inheritance in Kenya	1
The Protection of Internally Displaced Children in Africa: A Doctrinal Analysis of Article 23(4) of the African Children's Charter	1

Presidential Veto in the Law-Making Process: The Case of Kenya's Amendatory Recommendations	1
The Nigerian Cabotage Act and the Ideals of the African Continental Free Trade Area: An Unwholesome Alliance?	1
Local Content Requirements in Nigeria's Extractive Sector and the Implications for Sustainable Development	1
Right to Development Governance in the Advent of the African Continental Free Trade Area	1
A Critical Assessment of Pertinent Locus Standi Features of the Derivative Remedy under Zimbabwe's New Companies and Other Business Entities Act	1
Situating the Global Compact on Refugees in Africa: Will it Make a Difference to the Lives of Refugees “Languishing in Camps”?	1
The Continued Criminality of Selling Sex: A Trajectory of South African Sex Work Law Reform	1
The Nature and Constitutionality of Statutorily-Imposed (Non-Contractual) Arbitration in Ghana	1
The Limits of “Good Law”: Civil Society Regulation in South Africa and Ethiopia	1
The Admissibility of Expert Evidence in Criminal Proceedings in Malawi: A Call for Reliability Safeguards	1
Lost in Transplantation: Revisiting Indigenous Principles as a Panacea to Natural Resource Sustainability in Nigeria	1
The Normative Influence of the UN Guiding Principles on the Kampala Convention in the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa	1
Safeguarding South African Consumers’ Socio-Economic Rights During COVID-19: Competition Commission v Babelegi Workwear and Industrial Supplies	1
The South African Redistribution Imperative: Incongruities in Theory and Practice	1