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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"Amnesty"”.
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Amnesty and accountability : a study of the South African amnesty in the light of the Nuremberg Tribunal
The topic of this Masters mini-dissertation is amnesty and the principle of individual accountability for gross human rights violations. The field in which this topic is located is that of transitional justice. The issue with which this mini-dissertation is concerned is the practical, political and …
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"limits of national amnesty legislation under international criminal law"
International law traditionally refers to the actions of sovereign states as subjects of international law and thus provides no punishment for individuals. 1 It has however been established as a general rule since the Nuremberg trials2 after World War II that international law in certain cases also …
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Lasting peace: the effects of amnesty accompanied by power-sharing agreements
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01
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Giving Voice to the Vulnerable: Discourse Ethics and Amnesty for Undocumented Immigration
… facing undocumented migrants, and the claims to amnesty they can make. I take a discourse theoretic approach to this issue, following in the footsteps of Jürgen Habermas and Seyla Benhabib, among others. My thesis consists of the following claims. First, a rights-based approach to amnesty does …
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An examination of the limits of national amnesty legislation under international criminal law
Social Welfare Departments, particularly in the Eastern Cape, are in disarray. Welfare grant applications are taking many months to be processed and paid. Consequently, those most in need of support are bringing actions against the Department requesting that their applications be considered and …
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A Critical Evaluation of the 2009 Niger Delta Amnesty Disarmament Demobilisation and Reintegration Programme
… Therefore, this study evaluates the efficacy of Amnesty, Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (ADDR) in conflict prevention and resolution using the 2009 Niger Delta ADDR programme as a case study. The study evaluated the effectiveness of the programme using the minimalist and maximalist …
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A Critical Evaluation of the 2009 Niger Delta Amnesty Disarmament Demobilisation and Reintegration Programme
… Therefore, this study evaluates the efficacy of Amnesty, Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (ADDR) in conflict prevention and resolution using the 2009 Niger Delta ADDR programme as a case study. The study evaluated the effectiveness of the programme using the minimalist and maximalist …
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An analysis of the factors that influence Namibian individual taxpayers to participate in tax amnesty programs
… decisions to participate in Namibia's tax amnesty programs. The study aimed to address the persistent challenge of low tax compliance in Namibia, particularly in the context of non-compliance among individual taxpayers. Using primary data from a sample of 375 respondents, the research …
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An Investigation of the Duty of States to Prosecute International Crimes and the Question of Amnesty
… international crimes and the question of amnesty, with a focus on Africa as a case study. The study focuses specifically on the controversial question of granting amnesty to perpetrators of international crimes. Principally, international law both customary and conventional, imposes on …
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A comparative analysis of the effects of public tax education and tax amnesty on tax compliance in Windhoek
… the effects of public tax education and tax amnesty on tax compliance. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) as the custodian of the management and administration of state funds grapples with a widening budget deficit which is becoming untenable. The Revenue department has accumulated massive tax …
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Can Justice be Traded for Democracy?
… power after extracting the promise of amnesty from the incoming democratic leadership. These authoritarian leaders demanded amnesty for gross human rights violations. The incoming democratic leaders felt like they had no choice. Amnesty has consistently been viewed as a necessary price …
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The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) and the Niger Delta: analysing the role of local communities in the programme between 1999 and 2017
… conflict regions, focusing on the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in Nigeria's Niger Delta. The Niger Delta has faced protracted unrest due to tensions between minority ethnic groups, the government, and multinational oil companies (MNOCs) operating in the area. In 2009, the government …
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The law and economics of bargaining: an examination of the bargaining model employed by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
… commissions that trade civil and criminal amnesty with applicants in exchange for information. This bargained-for exchange can be analysed as an imperfect information game, where the commission attempts to maximise information(truth) while the applicant seeks amnesty for the lowest possible …
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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
… 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 involved in the TRC process. In so doing, the study draws on relevant comparisons with the role of the …
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The plea agreements process in the International criminal tribunal for former Yugoslavia in the light of the amnesty process in the Truth and Reconciliation commission in South Africa
… Commission in South Africa (TRC) -- granting of amnesty to the responsible for the atrocities during apartheid. Drawing on both contexts, this study argues that that acknowledgment given by perpetrators potentially constitutes a legitimate and in some contexts crucial transitional justice …
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Truth And Reconciliation Commissions: The Road To Democracy And Rule Of Law?
… a state which did not but did issue a general amnesty to look at the issues of democracy and rule of law most intensively. This paper concludes that post conflict states conducting TRCs have a greater improvement in democracy and rule of law than states that did not utilize a TRC and the …
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Growing Queer: youth temporality and the ethics of group sex in contemporary Moroccan & South African literature
… or those perceived to be on the spectrum (Amnesty International, “Tanzania”). This current onslaught on LGBTIQ citizens has already seen 10 men arrested, ostensibly for participating in a same-sex wedding (Ibid). While the Tanzanian foreign ministry distanced itself from the Regional …
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The Group Areas Act and Port Elizabeth's heritage: a study of memorial recollection in the South End Museum
… Commission (TRC) was involved in its hearings on amnesty applications and gross human rights violations, new museums were emerging and older ones began reshaping their displays. This thesis interrogated the changing representations of history, culture, identity and heritage in one South African …
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Defining “Third Force” Activity: The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Eugene de Kock
… and testimony contained in the official Amnesty Committee’s transcripts of former Colonel Eugene de Kock. This paper argues that the “third force” was not a designated government agency and former President F.W. de Klerk did not order “third force” violence. This paper further argues that …
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