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Seeking the reconciliation of Shariah Law with the International Human Rights Law (IHRL) to ensure fundamental human rights of LGBT people in Muslim-Majority (MM) countries

Rahman, FatemaUniversity of Essex2019

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People's Parliament? An assessment of public participation in South Africa's legislatures

Waterhouse, Samantha JaneDepartment of Public Law2015

… to facilitate public participation, if they meet international human rights law (IHRL) norms and the extent to which the public involvement facilitated by legislatures measures up to standards identified by theories of political participation. Central to this is a discussion of whether …

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Weapons trade, human rights and international law

Wood, B.Middlesex University2021

… used to contribute to serious violations of international human rights law (IHRL) and international humanitarian law (IHL). The key rules, and specific measures for their implementation, have slowly been set out in an emerging array of international and regional instruments, guidelines and …

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Sexual violence against women and the criminal justice system's response in Malawi

University of Pretoria2024

… women is an endemic problem globally. In Malawi, about 21% of women have experienced sexual violence at some point in their lives. However, there is limited literature investigating how the Criminal Justice System (CJS) responds to these cases. This thesis explores this topic, and …

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Addressing challenges for the application of existing legal standards of reparation to domestic reparation programmes in transitional justice contexts

Lekvall, EbbaUniversity of Essex2021

… individuals to reparation is well established in international human rights law (IHRL) and States have an obligation to provide adequate and effective reparation. Transitional justice (TJ) is a process whereby societies transitioning from authoritarianism to democracy or from conflict to peace …

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Controlling the circulation of small arms in international law

Hasan, RamadansyahUniversity of Waikato2013

International humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) have shown an influence on the conventional arms control. A series of negotiations to control the trade of small arms, in particular the diplomatic conference on the arms trade treaty in July 2012, provide some evidence …

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The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism: Any Imperative for participation therein and the implementation of its recommendations by the South African Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development (PCJ&CD)?

Molo, Mkhululi PatrickUniversity of the Western Cape2026

Despite being marginalised for years within international human rights law, the UN recently acknowledged the significant role that national parliaments can play in the international human rights framework, particularly through the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review mechanism. …

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