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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Centre for Human Rights) by Type "Mini Dissertation"
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Akolwa, Inutu
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
The study aims at showing how the African human rights system provides protection to its
people, while trying to assess how effective the system is. The study attempts to show the
relevance of the African system as a ...
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Mangwanda, Lusegu Mylene
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
The eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been described as the ‘rape capital of the world’ due to the severity and brutality of sexual violence that Congolese women experience.
Sexual violence as a ...
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Masingi, Thabang
(University of Pretoria, 2006)
Examines the state of academic freedom in Africa and the extent to which it is protected. Focuses on how the African Commission can adopt an interpretation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) to ...
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Mudenge, Tonderai Vavarirai
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) represents an unprecedent milestone in the pursuit of economic integration on the African continent. However, noble in its course, and ambitious in its extent, the agreement ...
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Lelisa, Nthabiseng Matlhohonolofatso
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
The study was motivated by studies which have revealed that teenage pregnancy, maternal mortality and unsafe abortion are high in Lesotho. The purpose of the study was to examine whether or not lack of access to emergency ...
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Khaile, Mathoka
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
Sexual violence is prevalent in Lesotho. However, all Catholic health facilities deny survivors of rape access to emergency contraception. As a result, some survivors have experienced unplanned pregnancies and illegal and ...
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Darklo, Andrews Kwame
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
Melanin deficiency in persons with albinism predisposes them to significant health risks. Persons with albinism have varying degrees of low vision, and skin cancer has been identified as the primary cause of morbidity and ...
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Umubyeyi, Christine
(University of Pretoria, 2011/10/30)
Every person is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in international human rights instruments without distinction of any kind: this includes race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, ...
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Ngwatu, Ginamia M.
(University of Pretoria, 2010)
Issues of access to land and realisation of land rights have always existed in Uganda as women are
considered to be potential land owners. Such rights usually have to do with the rights of individuals to
particular plots ...
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Mavundla, Simangele D.
(University of Pretoria, 2009)
The study investigates the impediments caused by criminalisation of abortion in cases of forced
pregnancy as a result of rape. It focuses on the premise that restrictive abortion laws and practices in such cases has ...
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Greene, Jonette-Ann Matilda O.
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
ABSTRACT
The main objective of this research is to critically analyse whether the policies of institutions of higher education cater for persons with disabilities in the educational system. I also seek to know whether ...
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Tsegay, Tesfamicael Negash
(University of Pretoria, 2006)
"In response to President Kabah's request of June 2000, the United Nations Security Council called on the Secretary-General to negotiate an agreement with the government of Sierra Leone for the creation of a special court ...
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Adam, Nahaja R.
(University of Pretoria, 2021-10-27)
Extrajudicial killings, excessive use of force and violence by the Ghanaian police and military have become prevalent in Ghana and during the enforcement of COVID 19 directives, this was not any different. This research ...
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Kamau, Virginia Njeri
(University of Pretoria, 2007)
The key research question explored in this study is: can a state attain its national
economic development objectives and at the same time advance the rights of indigenous groups? Examines the tensions and prospects of the ...
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Ndyamukama, Judith Julius
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a trade arrangement scheme between
the United States of America and eligible sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. It offers nonreciprocal
preferential treatment over 7000 ...
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Sekeramayi, Tariro
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
Xenophobia is a rampant problem in South Africa; it manifests itself in many ways and impedes the full enjoyment and protection of human rights for all migrants in the country. Xenophobia has deep roots and causes. One of ...
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Mbaluto, Joyce, Waeni
(University of Pretoria, 2021-11)
This research addresses the need to foster human rights in the international investment law (IIL) regime through public participation in Kenya. It highlights the asymmetrical nature of IIL and the need to balance competing ...
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Biegon, Japhet
(University of Pretoria, 2008)
The resort to coalition governments following the disputed presidential elections in Kenya and Zimbabwe pioneers a new trend in unlocking political gridlock in Africa. This dissertation analyses this trend with a view to ...
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Mmusinyane, Boitumelo Obert
(University of Pretoria, 2003)
"In Africa non-state actors (NSAs) are causing an alarming concern with the destruction of the environment and indigenous communities in the name of development; such environmental degradation leaves indigenous or economically ...
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Ayinla, Abiola R.
(University of Pretoria, 2003)
"The study is divided into five chapters. Chapter one provides the context in which the study is set, the focus and objectives of the study, its significance, and other preliminary issues including the hypothesis and ...