Praxis and the Critical International Human Rights Law Scholar

Authors

Obiora C. Okafor, Osgoode Hall Law School of York UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

9-2021

Source Publication

Okafor, Obiora Chinedu, 'Praxis and the Critical International Human Rights Law Scholar', in Nehal Bhuta, and others (eds), The Struggle for Human Rights: Essays in honour of Philip Alston (Oxford, 2021; online edn, Oxford Academic, 20 Jan. 2022), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198868064.003.0023

Keywords

international human rights law; scholar; praxis; critical; international institutions; social movements; NGOs

Abstract

The chapter reflects on the role of critical international human rights law scholars in socio-economic and political praxis outside the academe; focusing on our role as scholars in advancing struggles in favour of the subaltern within or in concert with international institutions and various ‘on-the-ground’ activist groups (such as social movements and NGOs). The chapter begins by examining the very idea of praxis; then focuses, as examples, on an analysis of some of the experiences that the author has had as a critical international human rights law scholar who has also been closely engaged in praxis; and offers a reflection on the promise and perils of such close engagement with praxis. The chapter ends with some concluding remarks.

Repository Citation

Okafor, Obiora C., "Praxis and the Critical International Human Rights Law Scholar" (2021). Articles & Book Chapters. 3337.
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/scholarly_works/3337