• Assessing the African continental free trade area protocol on rules and procedures on the settlement of disputes 

  Dumbuya, Michael Saidu (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Disputes in any trade arrangement are inevitable, given the significant nature of resources and transactions involved. Therefore, it is prudent for agreements establishing free trade areas to incorporate components of ...
• Heterosexual nationalism and the mischaracterisation of anti-sodomy laws in Zambia 

  Banda, Landilani (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Before colonisation, African territories were organised in Kingdoms, small polities and less structured societies. Each of these had their own, but similar customs, political, social, religious and legal systems. Sexuality, ...
• Developing a Gender-sensitive Digital Trade Regulatory Framework in the Promotion of Women in E-commerce : A Malawian Perspective 

  Banda, Kettie (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  With the advancement of ICT and the digitization of the world as we know, trade is also digitizing. Although digital trade can’t be definitely defined, it can't be ignored as a key element of any country’s hope to grow its ...
• Is investment mediation the future of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in Africa? 

  Chelangat, Faith (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  International investment disputes have traditionally been resolved through Investor- State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) as administered by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes(ICSID). Prior to ...
• Institutionalising technology for accountability in elections management in Kenya 

  Bosire, Chrispin Mayaka (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This study examines the role of electoral technology in developing an accountable election management system by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in Kenya, between 2010 and 2023. Although there has ...
• The intersection between trade liberalisation and carbon emissions : an appraisal of the agreement establishing the African continental free trade area 

  Chirwa, Panji Winston (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This study examines the intersection between trade liberalisation and carbon emissions reduction by appraising the AfCFTA Agreement. It employs desktop-based research methodology, drawing from primary sources such as the ...
• Unraveling the legal and regulatory framework for investment in Ethiopia : an in-depth gap exploration and analysis 

  Alemayehu, Elshaday Getachew (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Investment is perceived as an important source for enhanced economic growth, despite contrasting views, in many countries, especially developing countries. It can pave the way for knowledge transfer, provide employment ...
• Expanding indigent people’s right of access to justice and fair trial through a limited right of legal representation by paralegals in Malawi 

  Chithope-Mwale, Chimwemwe (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  In Malawi, the Legal Aid Bureau is mandated to offer legal aid to the indigent and other vulnerable groups through its lawyers and paralegals, also known as legal aid assistants. Legal aid is available in the form of legal ...
• The legal protection of ‘non-indigenous’ minorities under Ethiopia's federal constitution : the case study of Benishangul Gumuz 

  Asfaw, Mitiku (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  The protection of minorities has some kind of worldwide significance given the expanding number of international legal instruments related to the protection of Human rights. Apart from the overarching protective framework ...
• Enhancing access to decentralised maternal healthcare services in council-run clinics in Zimbabwe : Lessons from Kenya 

  Chikomba, Idirashe Amanda (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, two aggrieved women and the Combined Harare Residents Association took the City of Harare to court for an order compelling the local authority to open its closed clinics. The clinics ...
• Interpretation and application of the 1999 Montreal convention arising from air carrier liability in Ghanaian courts : the case of Dr RSD Tei and Evelyn Jumbo v Messrs Ceiba Intercontinental 

  Antwi, Dennis (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  Abstract Judicial interpretation as a mechanism through which the judiciary construes the law must be exercised very cautiously by the courts because it is the sole institution to interpret and ensure a just and equitable ...
• Assessing the implementation of the right to quality basic education in Sierra Leone 

  ADEDOYIN, FAROUK SULAIMAN TAIWO (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This research has interrogated the extent to which the right to access quality basic education has been achieved in Sierra Leone. Chapter one was mostly foundational, discussing the background about the provision of the ...
• Unfitness declarations and participation of persons with psychosocial disabilities in Kenya's criminal justice system : Beyond the social model 

  Juma, Paul Ochieng (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This thesis appraises the adequacy of the social model of disability in responding to violations of declarations of unfitness during plea and proceedings (unfitness declarations) against persons with psychosocial disabilities ...
• A Comparative Review of Human Rights Approaches in Programming National Action Plan for Protection of Human Rights of Persons with Albinism in Malawi 

  MASSAH, BONFACE (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  In Africa, persons with albinism, as a public health condition, are particularly susceptible to accusations of witchcraft and hazardous activities. Attacks on the group have been sparked by the stereotypes and superstitions ...
• An analysis of the implementation of women's right to peace by the African Union Peace and Security Architecture : A cases study of Zimbabwe 

  Mukumbiri, Paidamwoyo (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Abstract The study interrogates how the African Union Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) implements women’s right to peace enshrined in both the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter) and the ...
• Recognising the sexual autonomy of adult women with mild Down syndrome in South Africa : re-thinking vulnerability 

  Msipa, Dianah (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  In South Africa, the Sexual Offences Act protects people from unwanted sexual activity through the crime of rape, and simultaneously respects their sexual decision-making capacity by only criminalising sexual activity that ...
• Community based mental health care and services in South Africa : a human rights approach 

  Patel, Bharti (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  Despite having standalone mental health legislation and policy, persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities do not have access to community based mental health care and services. The PHC system is still following ...
• South Africa’s implementation of human rights law on the right to acquisition of nationality 

  Enigbokan, Omotunde (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Global and African regional human rights law provides for the right of a child to a nationality.However, to address evolving causes of statelessness worldwide, global, and African regional human rights jurisprudence is ...
• Assessing the domestic impact of international treaties in the prevention of violence against women in Ghana 

  Abugabe, Eva (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  VAW in Ghana is blatant and pervasive. Ghana has, however, ratified the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of ...
• A rights-respecting approach to preventing online harms, protecting online expression and ensuring effective platform governance in Nigeria and South Africa 

  Ilori, Oluwatomiwa Timothy (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  This thesis examines how the prevention of online harms and protection of online expression can be carried out in Nigeria and South Africa through a rights-respecting approach. It uses postcolonial legal theory to argue ...

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