Introduction to Legalization of Human Rights in Africa Part I: The Theory, The Model, And The International Regimes Regulating State-Sponsored Violence 1 What is legalization? 2 An integrative model for the assessment of legalization as congruence 3 The international legal framework for prohibitions against torture, disappearances, and political killings 4 The African human rights regim 5 The UN Charter-Based Processes and Evaluations of Africa’s Conflicts and Human Rights Protections Part II: Continent-Wide Progress In The Legalization Of Prohibitions Against Torture, Disappearances And Killings 6 Taking the broad view 7 Do peace missions in Africa matter? 8 How foreign investment fuels social conflicts in Africa Part III: Case-Studies 9 Cameroon and human rights at a time of national crisis 10 The struggle for human rights in Guinea 11 Civil society and the struggle for human rights in Tunisia 12 Zimbabwe and a reassessment of Institutional Anomie Theory 13 The power of regional peripheries: The making and unmaking of the legalization of human rights in Mali 14 Human rights as a moving target in Botswana 15 Conclusions