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Theses and Dissertations (Centre for Human Rights): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2011/10/31)Modern parliaments are mostly compared to the top echelon of the society.The unfairness of the representation still holds true even where free, fair and periodic democratic elections are held. PWDs constitue the largest ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011/10/30)The Zimbabwean society views persons with disabilities (PWDs) ‘as useless liabilities that have no role to play in society.’ The Zimbabwean Government has also forgotten PWDs since they are not mentioned in all the country’s ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011/10/30)The African Charter on Human and Peoples‟ Rights (the Africa Charter), which is one of the constituents of the African human rights system, was adopted by the Assembly of Head of States and Governments of the OAU in 1981 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011/10/30)Equally discomforting is the PlayStation mentality that surrounds drone killings. Young military personnel raised on a diet of video games now kill real people remotely using joysticks. Far removed from the human ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011/10/31)In Africa, the fight against poverty has a great deal in common with the struggle for political and economic security. For many migrant workers around the continent and elsewhere, the need for socio-economic security ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011/10/31)The achievements made at the continental level since 21 October 1986 when the African Charter on Human and Peoples‟ Rights (African Charter) came into force have been modest yet significant. Following its adoption, the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012/04/24)Malawi is a state party to a number of international human rights instruments that guarantee the rights of children with disabilities (CWDs), which include the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with ...
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(University of Pretoria, 10-Oct)The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been ravished by internal conflicts for the past two decades. These conflicts have come at a great cost to the people of the DRC, often resulting in a number of human rights ...
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Election management in Cameroon : can elections Cameroon (Elecam) turn the tide of flawed elections? (University of Pretoria, 10-Oct)The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by equivalent free ...
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(University of Pretoria, 10-Oct)It is generally acknowledged that development is impossible in the absence of true democracy, respect for human rights, peace and good governance1 Good governance and human rights are mutually reinforcing. In turn, ‘good ...
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(University of Pretoria, 10-Oct)Strong defines the term “constitution” as a framework according to which a political society is structured, where permanent institutions with specific and pre-determined functions and rights are created, through law. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 10-Oct)Globalisation and the transfer of powers from state constitutional systems to international organisations (IOs) have led to several deficiencies, especially with regard to checks and balances in global governance. The need ...
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(University of Pretoria, 10-Oct)Africa is home to more than 40% of the world’s population of internally displaced persons (IDPs).4 IDPs, according to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement5, are persons or groups of persons who have been forced ...
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(University of Pretoria, 10-Oct)The transfer of power to African leaders, at the end of the colonial era gave birth to authoritarian regimes. African Nationalist leaders liberated the continent from the chains of colonialism and bound it in the stone ...
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(University of Pretoria, 10-Oct)It can hardly be gainsaid that the splendour of African history has but received disproportionate attention in international scholarship on peoples and societies of Africa. A plethora of various scholarships on the African ...
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(University of Pretoria, 10-Oct)In the 1960‟s, following independence, the Pan-African vision for developing the continent was envisioned to be possible through the instrumentality of the developmental state. Development became the passion of African ...
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(University of Pretoria, 10-Oct)After the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States of America, there has been a shift in the policies of many countries to combat terrorism. Terrorism has had a devastating effect on many. These include „the enjoyment ...
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(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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(University of Pretoria, 10-Oct)It can be argued that the definition of a child as a human being below the age of 18 years is a western construct due to the fact that in Africa the duration of childhood is much shorter than that of the West. Thus, in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 10-Oct)Ghana has ratified international instruments that promote respect for and enjoyment of rights of all persons including women. This includes the right of men and women of full age to marry and found a family and its subsequent ...
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