A PROTEÇÃO DOS DIREITOS DAS MINORIAS NO CONTEXTO DA INTEGRAÇÃO REGIONAL:  SITUAÇÃO JURÍDICA DOS MIGRANTES NA COMUNIDADE DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA ÁFRICA AUSTRAL (SADC)

Almeida Machava

doi:10.14210/nej.v29n2.p309-325

Authors

Almeida Machava University of Macau https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7145-742X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14210/nej.v29n2.p309-325

Keywords:

minorities' rights, migrants, regional integration, SADC

Abstract

Contextualization: The xenophobic attacks in South Africa in May 2008 raised concerns with the protection of migrants in host countries in Africa, considering the large condemnation of those acts from African governments. As a matter of fact, the attacks are seen not only as grounded on the fact that those who were attacked be foreigners but also because they represent minorities in South Africa. Considering that some of those xenophobic acts victims are from southern Africa countries, who together with South Africa belong to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), a regional integration organization, it is important to see how the regional legal and political instruments deal with the minorities’ rights.

Objective: This study is aimed at assessing to which extent the SADC legal instruments offer an adequate answer to the minorities’ concerns, particularly of the migrants within the Community region, and how they can contribute to the protection of the minorities’ rights against the tensions brought by the majorities’ rules.

Method: This essay consisted of a hermeneutic method that, through the interpretation of legal instruments, seeks to identify the answers to the raised questions.

Results: As a result, in a context of regional integration, the protection of minorities resulting from the interaction between the people of the region must be enshrined in regional instruments, a situation that does not occur in SADC, since, in general, migrants are in a situation of fragility regarding the protection of their rights, as there are no regional legal instruments and mechanisms capable of implementing them.

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Author Biography

Almeida Machava, University of Macau

PhD in Law (Economic Juridical Sciences) and Master of International Business Law at University of Macau, and the Bachelor of Law at University Eduardo Mondlane, in Mozambique. Research Assistant Professor at Faculty of Law, University of Macau. Contato: almach79@gmail.com ou amachava@um.edu.mo.

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