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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"right to culture"”.
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Indigenous peoples and the right to culture : an international law analysis
… and legal discourse. Efforts have been made to study ways of promoting and protecting indigenous rights and to develop international norms for the protection of these rights. These efforts have sprung forth a plethora of questions; these questions include 'who qualifies as indigenous …
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A critical analysis of the judicial attitude to the right to culture in the context of African customary laws
… critically examines the judicial attitude to the right to culture in the context of African customary laws in South Africa. Despite the constitutional recognition of customary and common law as equal sources of law, the former is subordinated to Western legal standards in judicial …
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Walking together with Indigenous children, youth, and families to achieve the inherent right to culture and connections : evolving Cowichan Valley MCFD Social Worker Practice with Foster Caregivers
… (MCFD) front-line social worker (FLSW), walking together practice with Foster Caregivers and Indigenous, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children and youth in MCFD care to affirm the inherent right to culture and connections. The data revealed that Caregiver and worker relationships are …
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Examining the role of the legislature and judiciary in the context of Traditional and Religious Personal and Family Systems in South Africa
… and the judiciary play in protecting the rights to culture and freedom of religion in the context of traditional and personal law systems. The argument is that they have not. The paper first focuses on the historical context in which the right to culture and freedom of religion arose. The …
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Statutory laws of intestate succession in south-east Nigeria: addressing the gaps of legal pluralism
… women and children who are disinherited under customary law and unveils the inadequacy of constitutional provisions and intestate succession laws regulating the property rights of women and children. It also shows that irrespective of court decisions, lack of awareness and the customary practice …
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Statutory laws of intestate succession in south-east nigeria: addressing the gaps of legal pluralism
… women and children who are disinherited under customary law and unveils the inadequacy of constitutional provisions and intestate succession laws regulating the property rights of women and children. It also shows that irrespective of court decisions, lack of awareness and the customary practice …
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A Case for an Indigenous Court - a realisation of self-determination?
This thesis searches for appropriate ways to alter entrenched patterns of highly negative outcomes for Māori in the criminal justice system. The statistics demonstrate that proportionately, Māori are much more likely to be apprehended, arrested, prosecuted, convicted and incarcerated than other New …
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Corrective rape of black African lesbians in South Africa: the realisation or oversight of a constitutional mandate?
… by African men as a form of social control to cure women of their homosexuality. The problem with corrective rape is that the victims of this crime are mainly black African lesbians, particularly those in townships who are seen to challenge patriarchal gender norms. Therefore discrimination …
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Corrective rape of black African lesbians in South Africa: the realisation or oversight of a constitutional mandate?
… by African men as a form of social control to cure women of their homosexuality. The problem with corrective rape is that the victims of this crime are mainly black African lesbians, particularly those in townships who are seen to challenge patriarchal gender norms. Therefore discrimination …
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The regulation of ukuthwala in South Africa: lessons from Malawi
… society whose supreme constitution protects the right to culture and other fundamental human rights, such as the right to equality and human dignity. South Africa is also party to a number of international and regional human rights instruments which aim to protect women and children from …
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THE CONSERVATION AND PROMOTION OF THE 'CULTURAL HERITAGE OF MANKIND': WHICH OBLIGATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW?
… set up, notably, by the United Nations, towards the protection of the ‘cultural heritage of mankind’ pending on the international community, approaches the enhancement of the human right to culture in an intergenerational and sustainable-led perspective. In detail, the research consists …