• Head of state immunity under the Malabo protocol : triumph of impunity over accountability? 

  Daniel, Kobina Egyir (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  At the 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Union’s Assembly of Heads of State and Government held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea in June 2014, the Assembly adopted, amongst others, the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol ...
• Making a case for the establishment of specialised environmental courts in South Africa 

  Olowa, Abimbola (University of Pretoria, 2024-07-31)

  This thesis considered the benefits of establishing specialised environmental courts in South Africa. The thesis analysed the functioning of four existing specialised courts in South Africa – the Labour Court, the Land ...
• The significance of the Yamoussoukro Decision in the recovery of the civil aviation market in Africa post the COVID-19 pandemic : a consideration of the meaningful impact of the African airspace 

  Mogashoa, Itumeleng (University of Pretoria, 2023-10)

  The Yamoussoukro Decision is an air transport framework agreement adopted by 54 African states in 1999 with one of its objectives being the achievement of the gradual yet full liberalisation of scheduled and non-scheduled ...
• The appropriateness of child support grants in advancing the socio-economic rights of children in South Africa 

  Ramothwala, Mpho Olivia (University of Pretoria, 2024-02)

  This study investigates the appropriateness of Child Support Grants (CSGs) in advancing the socio-economic rights of children in South Africa (SA), as guaranteed in sections 27 and 28 of the Constitution of the Republic ...
• A critical analysis of the regulation of agricultural land under the draft preservation and development of agricultural land bill, of 2021 

  Van Jaarsveld, Andries Sarel Marthinus (University of Pretoria, 2023-11)

  The regulation of agricultural land in South Africa draws effect from several existing statutes at the backdrop of the Constitution. The Draft Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Framework Bill 2021 was firstly ...
• The prohibition of terrorism under international humanitarian law and international criminal law 

  Müller, Kyla Annancia (University of Pretoria, 2023-10-31)

  Terrorism is a widely spoken word globally, with not many people understanding its true meaning or its place within international law. The idea of terrorism usually involves suicide bombings, mass shootings and/or murders ...
• The Wagner group in Africa : legal status and accountability during non-international armed conflicts 

  van Schalkwyk, Megan (University of Pretoria, 2023-10-27)

  This mini-dissertation examines the growing concern surrounding the involvement of private actors in conflict situations, where their lack of accountability, owing to the absence of responsible State actors, poses a potential ...
• Interim interdicts and their effect on the governance of electricity supply : the role of section 30 of the South African Electricity Regulation Act in dispute resolution 

  Somo, Tshephisho Mokone (University of Pretoria, 2023-06-30)

  The South African Constitution, over and above providing for rights and obligations, makes provision for the relevant organs of state against which these rights and obligations may be enforced (the constitutional scheme). ...
• Classification of Non-International Armed Conflicts S : Lessons from the Sierra Leone Conflict 

  Adam, Muhammad (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Classification of armed conflicts in international law is important because it determines whether the law of international armed conflict or the law of non-international armed conflict applies to the parties in a conflict. ...
• Redrawing the contours of rationality review in South Africa ; procedural fairness as a component of rationality requirement of legality 

  Nkamana, Zingisani (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  The coming into force of the interim Constitution and later, the final Constitution in 1996, ushered, amongst other things, a need to control the exercise of public power. Rationality was introduced as one of the principles ...
• An Analysis of the Constitutional Foundations on the Devolution of State Authority in Africa : A Comparative Study 

  Olanipekun, Olusegun (University of Pretoria, 2024)

  This full dissertation in public constitutional and administrative law examines the constitutional foundations on decentralisation and devolution of state authority in Africa. It compares the constitutions of South Africa, ...
• The role of state parties in the interpretation of the Rome Statute : an evaluation of past practice and future prospects 

  Shilaho, Caroline Vicheti (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  The study aimed to assess the role, if any, of States Parties, acting individually or collectively, in interpreting the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute) when the Statute has granted the express ...
• The effect of section 11 of the natural wealth and resources (permanent sovereignty) act no 5 of 2017 on bilateral investment treaty protection in Tanzania 

  Malimi, Prezidius (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  In 2017, Tanzania introduced a new legislation in the extractive sector, the Natural Wealth and Resources (Permanent Sovereignty) Act No. 5 of 2017 (‘the Act’). The legislation prohibits the referral of cases to international ...
• High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) : The new Frontier at the intersection between Air and Space Law 

  Coetzee, Wydeman (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This mini-dissertation intends to explores the use of High-Altitude Platforms (HAPS) for broadband communication services in rural areas as an alternative to mobile networks, as half the world's population, most of whom ...
• International air and space Law boundaries : A new frontier 

  Cornelius, Willem Stefanus (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  On the 22nd of October 2021, a revolutionary new device called a Sub-orbital Accelerator was powered up for its first test launch in the desserts of New Mexico in the United States. The kinetic Sub-orbital launching system ...
• The conflictual triangular relationship between the United Nations Security Council, the International Criminal Court and the African Union through the lens of cooperation : the implications for international criminal justice 

  Ngoai, Madila Asiel (University of Pretoria, 2024)

  Cooperation, which is the main theme of the study, is at the centre of the regime of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Without cooperation, which is a key principle of international law, the ICC would essentially be ...
• The voluntary participation of child soldiers in armed conflict and criminal accountability 

  Nel, Chané (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Regardless of the developments in international law, the phenomenon of child soldiers remains unaddressed and seen as a burdensome subject matter. The focus of this mini-dissertation is particularly on children who made ...
• Local Content and Local Participation in the Ghanaian Mining Industry : The Challenges, Prospects and the Wayforward 

  Ahmed, Tijani (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  ABSTRACT One of the main contentious issues within the mining sector is the embedment of the indigenous communities and companies within the mining activities that happen in the communities where minerals are extracted. ...
• An analysis of MARPOL Regulation 43A through the principle of prevention 

  Rees, Leah (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This dissertation analyses the heavy fuel oil prohibition in Arctic waters that took effect after being implemented through the introduction of Regulation 43A to Annex 1 of MARPOL (hereafter MR43A). Due to the aim and ...
• International intervention in response to the responsibility to protect in Rwanda and Libya 

  Modise, Elizabeth Dipuo (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This study aims to understand and provide an analysis of the intervention and non-intervention by international community’s in response to their responsibility to protect in Rwanda and Libya. The analysis of the study ...

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