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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"African Human Rights"”.
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The right of sexual minorities under the African human rights system
"The protection of the rights of sexual minorities in many countries in Africa is a controversial issue. It is not unusual to find newspaper reports on gross violations suffered by this minority group. Gays and lesbians are victims of violence, sometimes resulting in death. Sexual minorities in …
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An analysis of States’ obligations towards climate displaced persons under the African Human Rights System
… and the Paris Agreement. However, under the African Human Rights System (AHRS), the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) which entered force is novel in its provision in article 5(4) on the obligation of …
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The implications of judicial non-intervention in religious matters: a South African human rights law perspective A
… on the need to ensure strict protection of human rights, specifically with reference to religious freedom, equality, and freedom of association. The core issue in this case was the accepted forms of intimate relationships allowed within the church in relation to the leadership roles the …
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Reflections on the evolving jurisprudence concerning the presence of the accused : focusing on National Commissioner of the South African Police Service v Southern African Human Rights Litigation Centre and Another
… Court unanimously stated that the South African Police Service was obligated to investigate allegations of torture in Zimbabwe. This landmark decision, based on South Africa's international obligations and domestic legislation, is rooted in the Court's interpretation of universal …
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Medical biotechnology law in South Africa : a human rights analysis of selected topics
In this thesis I analyse the human rights dimensions of the South African law on four topical medical biotechnology subjects, namely human embryo research, the use of human gametes, autologous tem cell therapy, and private stem cell banking. In all four cases, my analyses give specific prominence …
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Amnesty and the Human Rights Community an Historical and comparative study of the role of the human rights communities in the Argentine and South African Transitions
… a survey of relevant literature on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this thesis fills an important gap in the literature on the TRC's amnesty process by investigating the perspective and contribution of the South African human rights community on the novel form of amnesty …
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Socio-economic rights in Africa: a critical evaluation of legal protection mechanisms and Implementation strategies
… broad consensus that civil and political rights on the one hand, and socio-economic rights on the other, are ingenerated and indivisible. Taken together, they embody the cardinal norms which inform modem human rights systems as expressed through the lntemational Bill of Rights as well as …
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An immanent critique of the African regional human rights system: Theory, practice and reforms
This thesis is an immanent critique of the African human rights system. It, therefore, examines the practice of human rights as set by the African people as opposed to purely external transcendental forms of critique. This is carried out by studying the theory of the African regional human rights …
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An African child in South African multi-racial high school : socio- educational perspective in Empangeni Region
… the researcher looked at the problems which African learners encounter when they are at the White schools. The aim of this study is to provide scientifically grounded information about the situation in which an African child finds himself / herself and existence of racism in White schools. It …
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THE PROMOTION OF THE AFRICAN HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS SYSTEM IN THE GAMBIA, A CROSS CULTURAL & AFRICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
… to examine the means and effectiveness of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, African human and Peoples' rights organizations, and the government of the Gambia in their efforts to propagate the institutions and legal instruments of the African Human and Peoples' Rights System …
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The power of Pan Africanism: Tanzanian/African American linkages, 1947-1997
Reconstruction of the fifty-year Tanzanian/African American relationship from the engagements of Pan-Africanism enhanced through black internationalism exposes the cross-cultural fertilization of Tanzanian nationalism with the US black community’s self identity in the 1960s. By examining the …
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The African Union and the right to peace and security
… is defined as the condition for elaborating the humanity of Africans and the promise of the place of Africa in economic reconstruction in the next centruy. Apart from being a recognised right in the African human rights system, it is also present amongst the objectives and principles of the AU …
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Monitoring places of deprivation of liberty in South Africa: Is South Africa in breach of its OPCAT obligations to establish and maintain an effective national preventative mechanism?
… Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) is globally viewed as a watershed in the existing global efforts to prevent and combat torture and other forms of abuse and illtreatment. Although the practice of monitoring places of detention, and …
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Realising the effective enforcement of civil and political rights in Africa: an analysis of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
The task of drafting the standard of human rights is largely complete, and monitoring and enforcement institutions are functioning as intended. However limited that intent may have been, research has shown that the violation of human rights, particularly civil and political rights, are prevalent in …
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Twice traumatised: assessing the unaccompanied refugee child's right to family unity and reunification
… scope of application and generally the extent of humanitarian and human rights obligation of states under international law. The concept of family as it applies under these instruments and their regions of application will also be examined. Chapter III will examine state practice in this area …
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Right of access to information and its limitation by national security in Nigeria: mutually inclusive or exclusive?
… information. Also, the domestication of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights' makes the Charter's protections for access to information part of Nigerian law. Indeed, sections 39(3) and 45(1) of the Constitution permit restrictions on access to information, but only by 'law that is …
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Harmful traditional practices, (male circumcision and virginity testing of girls) and the legal rights of children
… amongst the Jews and Muslims. A number of human rights groups in South Africa, including the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) as well as the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has called for a total ban on the practice of virginity testing on the basis that it discriminates …
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The socio-legal significance of decriminalising sex work in South Africa
… of sex work model align with the South African human rights framework? The dissertation recommends the decriminalisation model of law reform, as it will fulfil public health goals and respect human rights. The study highlights the systemic patterns of abuse that sex workers in South …
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Fair trial and access to justice in South Africa how traditional tribunals cater to the needs of rural female litigants
… proclaimed these foreign principles 'universal human rights', seemingly oblivious of the marginal role played by African states during conceptualisation. African governments, mindful of their minimal contribution to the content of individual rights, however, introduced communal rights and duties …
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Women’s rights and freedoms in Islamic jurisprudence pertaining to marriage and divorce: lessons for south Africa from Morocco and Tunisia?
… first, it seeks to ascertain whether the rights and freedoms of Muslim women in the contexts of marriage and divorce are adequately protected in terms of Islamic jurisprudence, and secondly, whether any valuable lessons could be learnt in this regard by South Africa based on the specific …
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