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Theses and Dissertations (Centre for Human Rights): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Micro country-level research on why Ghana continues to hold on to a colonial-era law that criminalises sex between consenting adults of the same sex is critical to understanding the unique phenomena of homophobia and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)For over a century, corporations engaged in the extractive industries in Africa have operated without ethical rules. They have been notoriously fingered for rampant environmental, labour, health and human rights violations, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The work tackles the social challenge of energy poverty through a human rights lens. Specifically focusing on Zambia, the work analyses how access to electricity features in international human rights instruments that ...
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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, 2021)The Acholi people have remained poor despite the existence of a legal regulatory framework to guarantee enjoyment of the right to development (RTD) in Uganda. The study, therefore, seeks to explore alternative approaches ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-07-29)The policy environment for contraceptive access by adolescents in Malawi is rated as highly supportive. However, adolescents’ reproductive health outcomes remain poor, despite that the policy environment was reinforced by ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Domestic violence is a huge concern for African countries such as Zimbabwe as it is an obstacle to development despite the preventative measures that have been adopted. This violence is perpetuated by cultural norms, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)This thesis examines the gendered and sexualised politics of a lesbian identity in contemporary Zimbabwe. Recent writings of well-intentioned scholars, memoirists, bloggers and LGBTQ+ activists that are writing about African ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-05-27)Historically, women in conflict and post-conflict situations have on the basis of their status been subjected to harmful and discriminatory practices which run contrary to international, regional and domestic provisions ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)While the Universal Declaration for Human Rights (UNDHR) guarantees rights as absolute and universal, the practical realisation and extension of these rights remain arguable in different countries. With regard to UNDHR ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The purpose of this mini-dissertation is to analyse the participation of child offenders and victims in the criminal justice system in Kenya. Child offenders and victims are vulnerable individuals; hence their interaction ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-02-14)The majority of the literature within the study of Political Sciences suggests and tries to paint a picture of how to manage societies and prevent conflict, and in doing so how State structures (institutions) can better ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This thesis contributes to the understanding of the most effective ways to promote sustainable and inclusive development. It uses public private partnerships in infrastructure projects as a case study for demonstrating ...
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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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The emergence and experience of black women academics in South African higher education institutions (University of Pretoria, 2020)This dissertation focuses on general trends and challenges which apply across higher education with some variation between HEIs especially the different between Historically White Universities and Historically Black ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Transitional justice (TJ) in Zimbabwe can be gleaned as a maze of detached filaments mainly championed by civil society organisations. Though the origins of TJ as a discipline are polemic and debatable, going as far back ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-11)The practice of domestic courts continues to present challenges for understanding the relationship between international law and municipal law. Whereas constitutions increasingly contain more or less similar provisions on ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Migrants are people who leave their countries for different reasons. These reasons can be political, economic, social and environmental. Those who migrate seek protection and better opportunities in the destination countries ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-08)Climate change poses major threats to human life in the form of food and water shortages, health issues, loss of property and more. Climate change amplifies existing environmental, social, economic and political challenges ...
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