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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"International obligations"”.
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Rape as Torture: Is South Africa in Breach of its International Obligations?
… that South Africa is in contravention of its international obligations under the United Nations Convention Against Torture, and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, specifically with regards to the crime of rape and its relation to the crime of …
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To what extent does Zimbabwe comply with its international obligations for the protection of unaccompanied and separated refugee children?
This study set out to analyse Zimbabwe’s obligations under international law for the protection of UARC. Chapter one was an introduction to the study laying out the background of refugee and child protection. The background established that it was after World War II that the international community …
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The Interface between International and National Laws: The Role of National Water Laws and Institutions in Advancing the Implementation of and Compliance with International Obligations-A Nile Case Study
… framework for assessing the nexus between international and national law - based on the proposed case study for the implementation of the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) in Ethiopia and Uganda; and in order to draw lessons for other basins.<br/><br/>Chapter 1 …
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Climate change and statelessness in South Africa: current laws and future development
… This dissertation considers South Africa's obligations under international law concerning the prevention of climate change-induced statelessness and the protection of persons rendered stateless by climate change. Using the legal frameworks of nationality, statelessness, refugee law, and …
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Exploring the legal means of enhancing access to essential medicines in South Africa
… must comply with South African patent law and international obligations under the TRIPS agreement. However, the prices of patented and/or branded drugs supplied by the manufacturers may prevent equitable access to necessary drugs for South Africans. Recent international trade agreements and the …
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Enforcing foreign arbitral awards in Indonesia: Overcoming disharmony between international and domestic laws
… natural resources, Indonesia is keen to foster international business connections and foreign investment in the country. One approach to improving Indonesia’s economy is to nurture its arbitration system, because arbitration is the preferred method by which international business people settle …
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State obligations in international human rights law on human trafficking : case study Poland
This thesis aims to investigate the compliance of international and national (EU) laws on human rights, with a specific focus on Poland, regarding the extent to which they meet the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking. The primary research question examines whether …
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Archaeology in the British Mandate of Palestine between WWI and WWII
… for the administration of Palestine. The international scrutiny entailed in this unusual situation affected the administrative decision-making process, the recording of that process, and its resulting policies. This dissertation addresses what the practices of the DAP tell us about the …
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Patents of traditional medicine inventions and their relationship with traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources in Namibia: proposals for legal reform
… key concepts and legal instruments both internationally and regionally i.e. the Convention on Biological Diversity, 1993, the TRIPS Agreement, 1994 and the Swakopmund Protocol on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore, 2010; which provides for TK, GRs and …
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Accountability for mass atrocities : the LRA conflict in Uganda
… various accountability measures that include international and domestic prosecutions, truth telling, reparations and traditional justice to address international crimes and other human rights violations committed during the conflict. The thesis in particular investigates how all these …
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The admission and enrolment of foreign legal practitioners in SACU countries as an international trade services issue
… to establish how each member adheres to her international obligations and the laws they profess to uphold. To this end, the dissertation calibrated each SACU country's GATS commitments in the background of the laws underpinning those commitments as a way to see if they uphold international …
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From Persecution to Detention: A reflection on the non-application of Article 31(1) of the 1951 Refugee Convention on asylum seekers in Zambia
Despite Zambia's ratification of several of international and regional human rights instruments, the country's domestic legislation frustrates its international obligations in so far as protection of asylum seekers human rights is concerned. Principally there are two main pieces of legislation …
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Due diligence in the protection of victims of trafficking: responding to the securitisation of migration
… every other human being. States have positive obligations to protect those rights, and these obligations can be asserted against the State and not individual traffickers. As such, there should be an increased focus and pressure on States because they are under international obligations to …
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Assessing South Africa’s rape laws against due diligence criteria
… rape laws, employing African feminist theory and international due diligence standards as analytical frameworks. The research explores the enduring influence of patriarchal biases in the South African judicial system and their disproportionate impact on female rape survivors, particularly those …
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The legal implications of the WIPO treaty on intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge on indigenous peoples of Uganda and Kenya
… or fair compensation. Despite the adoption of international instruments and the enactment of domestic legislation aimed at protecting Traditional Knowledge, gaps in enforcement and governance persist, leaving Indigenous communities vulnerable. In response to these global challenges, the World …
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International free trade and biodiversity conservation : towards 'sustainable trade'
… African legislation addressing biodiversity and international trade therein. Some international and domestic legal instruments promote free trade (including free trade of biodiversity resources), while environmental legal instruments promote the conservation of biodiversity and strictly …
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From protection to persecution: exploring the impact of anti-foreigner mobilisation on refugee rights in South Africa
… who have legal rights to protection under international conventions, including the 1951 Refugee Convention and domestic laws such as the Refugees Act of 1998, are being violated. These violations take the form of violence, economic exclusion and social exclusion, usually enabled by …
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Recommendations, Rhetoric, and Reporting: State and NGO Behavior in the Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights
… changes and thus the exhibition of resistance to international pressure. Second, state rejection of recommendations increases with the level of demands in the recommendation, worsening human rights records, and when the recommendation covers specific international obligations or political rights …
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Internally displaced children and HIV in situations of armed conflict in the DRC : a study of the obligations of the government and selected non-state actors
The mini-dissertation analyses the international law obligations of the government and nonstate actors regarding the protection of internally displaced children living with HIV in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The war and armed conflicts in the Eastern DRC have exacerbated the vulnerability …
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