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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Right to Life"”.
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A legal study of the right to life in the European Convention on Human Rights and Islam
The right to Ii fe is provided by the European Convention n Human rights. The Convention has also offered provisions of how this right must be protected. This has entailed - at stages in a gradual move - the abolishment of the death penalty. Next to the death penalty, abortion, euthanasia and death …
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Human Rights Violations under the Guise of Counter-Terrorism Measures: A Question of Reconciling Security Concerns and Protecting the Fundamental Right to Life
Both security and human rights are important to all within the civilized world. Yet there are some serious tensions between the two political norms. For instance, it may not be easy for a state or the international community to reconcile well intentioned acts to maintain security and to preserve …
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An analysis of Section 11 of the Constitution and 'Stransham-Ford v Minister of Justice': are people permitted to waive the right to life?
… world seek active euthanasia as a medical means to the alleviation of their incurable pain. This highly contentious medical procedure is not available to South Africans. This thesis explores the High Court Judgment of Stransham-Ford v Minister of Justice, the first case legalising both passive …
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The application of the Death penalty law in Zambia: What is the justification
The life of every person is very fundamental and the principle of Law in this aspect is to ensure protection of the Right to Life. However, Zambia and other jurisdictions have promulgated legislation that allows the State to invoke a death sentence for specific offences. The death penalty Law is …
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Evaluating the legitimacy of national security practices and anti-terrorism legislation
The relationship between human rights and terrorism is an interesting topic with sufficient social relevance to justify this research based Masters. Since 2001, this topic has become one of the most pressing issues of our time. While there was already a considerable amount of literature on the …
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Sexual violence against refugee and asylum seeking women in the Dadub and Kakuma refugee camps in Kenya : challenges and prospects for securing the duty to protect
… international refugee law regime is inadequate to provide protection to refugee victims of sexual violence. It will also argue that the various duty bearers vis-a-vis the right to security of refugee women in Kenya are not living up to their legal obligations. It will also illustrate the po- …
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Fetus: An Exploration of Human Nature Through the Issue of Abortion
<p>The issue of abortion touches deep emotions in individuals and continues to be a controversial topic in the United States. The Right to Life movement believes strongly that life begins at conception, and to abort an unborn fetus is an act of murder. The supporters of the Pro-Choice movement, …
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Overcoming Parental Consent: How can International Human Rights Law be used to Protect a Child’s Right to Health in Childhood Immunization Cases?
Children have the right to preventive medical treatment and interventions that serve their best interests. In the case of minors, this right is exercised by the parent or legal guardian with hopes that they will exercise their responsibility positively. Over the years however, this right has been …
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The constitutional court's use of human dignity in the interpretation of the South African Bill of Rights: selected cases
… human dignity in the interpretation of Bill of Rights. Human dignity is a constitutional value enshrined in section 1, section 10, section 36 and section 39 of the Constitution. It is a founding value of the constitution of South Africa. As a foundational value '[i]t reinforces rights claims, …
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The Human Rights Implications of the Blanket Ban on Assisted Suicide in England and Wales: A Critical Examination of the Compatibility of the Suicide Act 1961 with the European Convention on Human Rights
… and Wales with the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’) has been considered on a number of occasions by both the domestic courts and the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’). Following the ECtHR’s decision regarding Diane Pretty’s application, challenges to the compatibility of the …
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Violence against women in South Africa: An event that disturbs public order in terms of the OAU refugee convention?
… that grossly violate the fundamental human rights of an indeterminable number of individuals within their country of origin. These fundamental human rights include the right to life, human dignity, freedom and security of person. Violence perpetrated against women is a clear infringement …
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Balancing child participation rights, parental responsibility and state intervention in medical and reproductive decision-making under South African law
Throughout history, the boundaries between children’s rights, parental responsibility and state intervention have been regularly redrawn. At the heart of this process is the need to recognise the separate personhood of the child and the important role played by parental guidance in the proper …
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The balance between child autonomy and parental autonomy in Malawi; an analysis of the Child Care, Protection and Justice Act
For a long time children have been considered to be vulnerable persons, incapable of making rational decisions. As a result, decisions have been made for children by other people such as their parents or guardians. In most African societies, including Malawi, children remain largely voiceless and …
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Examining "colour" as a ground of prohibited discrimination in international human rights law with specific reference to the "intra-racial" colourism against persons with albinism in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
… a fundamental principle of international human rights law. As seen in several instruments, the principle is enumerated by grounds upon which differentiation is prohibited. An example of this is Article 1(1) of the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), …
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"Can religious treatment choices justify additional healthcare expenditure and, if so, are there limits to this?"
Access to healthcare is generally regarded as a supportive right to the right to life. Freedom to hold a religious belief and to practice that religion is also held to be a right. The practicing of a religion includes the freedom to live in accordance with the tenets of that religion, but this may …
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The ethics of animal experimentation: the Littlewood report
… Committee's defence of a laissez-faire approach to animal experimentation is ethically indefensible on grounds that non-human animals are sentient, autonomous beings who express an acute interest in their continued existence and demonstrate an aversion to the frustration of their interests; as …
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The right of the individual under international law as developed by the Aarhus convention
… the Aarhus Convention, through the three pillar rights, has integrated the notion of environmental protection with the notion of human rights. These pillar rights, namely, the right of access to environmental information, the right to public participation in decision-making and the right of …
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