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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Centre for Human Rights) by Type "Thesis"
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This thesis sets out, against a historical background, to establish the legal status of woman-towoman marriages in contemporary Kenya. The phenomenon of woman-to-woman marriage is a form of African customary marriage between ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Parents, especially mothers with intellectual disabilities, are at a disproportionately high risk of their children being removed from their care by child protection authorities for alleged child neglect – on the assumption ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)This thesis addresses accountability for mass atrocities. It presents a case study of Uganda that has undergone a two-decade conflict between the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgent group and the national army, the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Since the enactment of Nigeria’s Same Sex (Marriage) Prohibition Act of 2013, advocacy for the protection of sexual and gender minorities in Nigeria has grown rapidly. This advocacy often toes a line of legal formalism, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)In the past decades, financial crises have recast the spotlight on sovereign debt restructuring (SoDR). Despite decades of discussion on how to reform SoDR, it still raises complex legal tensions. Among these tensions is ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Cameroon’s Constitution of 1996 sought to put in place a decentralised system of government that would accommodate a diversity of communities, but the country faces a range of serious governance challenges today which the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-11-25)The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission), the monitoring mechanism of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter), takes decisions on individual communications submitted ...
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(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 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The 21st century has witnessed a radical change in the status of sexual minorities, the world over, with this change having a profound impact in the global North, in particular. A series of landmark United Nations, regional ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The use of strategic litigation (SL) to stimulate social change in Common Law Africa in respect of the manifestly controversial issue of equality for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) persons in countries that experience ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Advancing gender justice in countries such as Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia and in other countries in Africa is critical to the growth and development of the African society. Inheritance to property from the estate of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Most African states have criminalised homosexual acts between consenting adults on the basis that it amounts to a threat to the traditional heterosexual family. They believe that sexual orientation is a matter of personal ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-02-03)This thesis examines the interpretation of section 35(5) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, which empowers the courts to exclude unconstitutionally obtained evidence in criminal trials. A generous ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This thesis examines how the constitutionalisation of political parties is implemented in the political systems of the Central African Republic (CAR), Senegal and South Africa, and how this affects constitutionalism and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The effectiveness of legal institutions is of paramount importance in consolidating democratic ethos especially in Africa s emerging democracies. In order to promote democratic governance, it is critical that the judiciary ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The 1999 Constitution of Nigeria provides expressly for the safety and protection of the rights of citizens in general terms, including other provisions which guarantee the safety of the Nigerian people; however, the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The implementation of the Legal Practice Act will have a profound impact on legal practitioners and their practices. The Act provides for the establishment of an umbrella organization, the Legal Practice Council, and for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)No abstract available.
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-01-24)The prohibition on torture is an essential aspect of international law that applies universally and is considered a peremptory norm of international law (jus cogens). The explicit prohibition of torture is outlined in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The establishment of the East African Community (EAC) in 1999 brought with it new expectations for the citizens of the East African region. The main objective of the EAC is to bolster development in various fields such ...
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