Guinea-Bissau (2014 - 2016). An empirical study of economic and social human rights in a fragile state.
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https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.52.4169Keywords:
West Africa, Economic Human Rights, Social Human Rights, Guinea-BissauAbstract
The purpose of this article is to analyze the situation of the economic and social human rights in Guinea-Bissau. It uses data collected from seven of the eight administrative regions of the country between 2014 and 2016, for a project called "Observatory of Rights" in the fields of education, health, justice, housing, sanitation and livelihood from schools, health centers, jails and police stations and families. With 5 prime ministers since the elections of 2014, the political instability installed in the country shapes the life of citizens in all aspects and does not allow a positive evolution of economic and social human rights in the country.This article frames the analysis of the data into an interpretation of the situation of that period and elaborates the conclusions in the form of scenarios for the short-term future, including the possibility that the military might decide to take power as they have done in the recent past (2012).References
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