TY - JOUR N2 - This article analyses the capacity of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance to counteract the democratic governance shortfall. It argues that the tangible impact of the treaty on the states’ practice has been limited by various endogenous and exogenous factors. The former are identified as directly linked to content of the document and refer to the accuracy of the drafting. The latter are rooted outside the text and beyond the character of the Charter and include issues relating to the states’ reluctance to ratify the document, certain constitutional constraints undermining implementation on the national level, and the weak international guarantees of enforcement. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/113120/PDF/a03_Wasinski.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/113120 PY - 2018 EP - 57 DO - 10.24425/pyil.2019.129605 KW - The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance KW - rule of law KW - interpretation of treaties A1 - Wasiński, Jan Marek PB - Institute of Law Studies PAS PB - Committee on Legal Sciences PAS VL - No XXXVIII DA - 2019.09.30 T1 - Endogenous and Exogenous Limits of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance SP - 29 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/113120 T2 - Polish Yearbook of International Law ER -