• Securing health and wellbeing for children with albinism 

  Msipa, Dianah; Massah, Bonface T.; Van Hout, Marie Claire (Elsevier, 2024-10)

  Albinism is broadly considered a rare disease and is estimated to affect between one in 17 000 and one in 20 000 people worldwide.
• Establishing the erga omnes character of the obligation to prevent transboundary environmental harm 

  Phyffer, Jessie (Brill Academic Publishers, 2024)

  This article argues that the obligation to prevent transboundary environmental harm is erga omnes. In a fractured landscape, this obligation is the closest that international environmental law comes to a general obligation ...
• Image rights in Kenya 

  Thutse, Legodi; Cornelius, Steve J. (Juta Law Journals, 2023)

  Kenia is ’n land wat al op verskeie terreine vele bekendes opgelewer het. Hulle is veral welbekend vir die wêreldklas middel en langafstandatlete wat hulle oplewer. Dit sou daarom nie vreemd wees nie, indien bemarkers sou ...
• The Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill : a case study in transformative constitutionalism beyond the courts 

  Veriava, Faranaaz (Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)

  The Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill) is one of the most significant reforms to the South African basic education legal framework since 1994. While the amendments impact on a wide range of issues, this ...
• Strategic litigation for educational equity : analysing the impact of ISER v Attorney-General on access to quality education in Uganda 

  Mutu, Perekeme (Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)

  In recent years, strategic litigation has emerged as a powerful tool for advancing human rights and promoting social justice around the world. This legal approach involves the deliberate use of legal action to bring about ...
• Realising the right to basic education through strategic litigation in Kenya 

  Skelton, Ann, 1961-; Mutu, Perekeme (Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)

  In pursuit of creating an inclusive and equitable society, the right to basic education stands as a cornerstone, serving as a catalyst for individual empowerment and social progress. It is not surprising that in Kenya’s ...
• Legal counselling in family mediation to address unnecessary litigation 

  Ndebele, Linda Tendesai (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This research seeks to explore and evaluate the concept of legal counseling and its impact on dispute resolution processes and outcomes. For purposes of this study, legal counseling refers to specific attitudes, skills and ...
• Protecting digital rights through soft law : ensuring the implementation of the revised Declaration of principles on freedom of expression and access to information in Africa 

  Ilori, Oluwatomiwa Timothy (Juta Law, 2024)

  This article examines the use of soft law for digital rights protection in African countries. Focusing particularly on the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa, 2019 ...
• Editorial : Special focus on promoting access to basic education through the law in sub-Saharan Africa 

  Skelton, Ann, 1961-; Veriava, Faranaaz; Mutu, Perekeme (Juta Law, 2024)

  No abstract available.
• An environmental agreement in a trade court - is the WTO's agreement on fisheries subsidies enforceable? 

  Auld, Kathleen; Del Savio, Linda; Feris, L.A. (Loretta) (Cambridge University Press, 2024)

  The 2022 Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (AFS) is the culmination of over 20 years of negotiations within the WTO's Doha Development Round. Although it can be considered a small victory in the fight against declining fish ...
• Clarifying jus cogens, erga omnes and the place of third-party countermeasures in international law 

  Mateus, Simon (University of South Africa, 2024-04)

  There is substantial support in literature of the idea that all norms of jus cogens are erga omnes, in that they produce obligations applicable towards all states. However, not all obligations erga omnes invariably flow ...
• Legislation strengthening maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response systems 

  Ngwena, Charles G.; Kismodi, Eszter; Palestra, Francesca; Stahlhofer, Marcus; Mohan, Kalyani (Wiley, 2024-09)

  Historically, countries have primarily relied on policy rather than legislation to implement Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response systems (MPDSR). However, evidence shows significant disparities in how ...
• A multivariate dataset on water–energy–food nexus : multi-actor governance for social justice 

  Ngarava, Saul; Vijge, Marjanneke J.; Duplessis, Willemien; Zhou, Leocadia; Viljoen, Germarie; Nyambo, Patrick; Rantlo, Tiisetso John; Mokadem, Naziha; Qumbu, Bronwen; Bongoza, Sibulele; Mugadza, Alois A. (Elsevier, 2024-10)

  The article presents and validates an extensive multivariate dataset that offers insights into water–energy–food (WEF) nexus governance for social justice at the intrahousehold, household, and community levels. The lack ...
• 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 ...
• South African controlled foreign companies' rules and the digital economy 

  Sengwane, Khodani (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2023-11-09)

  South Africa's controlled foreign company ("CFC") rules were enacted more than two decades ago before most of today's business models existed. These are anti-avoidance rules that ensure the South African taxation of profits ...
• Realising the right to electricity through off-grid power solutions in South Africa 

  Viljoen, Germarie; Dube, Felix S. (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2023-11-23)

  The South African government is navigating many basic municipal service delivery challenges, including a growing electricity supply deficit. Eskom Holdings SOC Limited, the state-owned power utility, is struggling to ...
• Moving beyond baby steps An examination of the domestic implementation of concluding observations from state parties' reports on the African Children's Charter 

  Adeola, Aderomola (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2023-10-16)

  Article 43 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child mandates state parties to report on their efforts made towards implementing treaty provisions to the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of ...
• Comparative notes on the use of commercial litigation funding in insolvency : Australia and South Africa 

  Lombard, Sulette; Boraine, A. (Andre), 1957- (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2023-11-21)

  This article explores the application of third-party litigation funding (TPLF), also referred to as commercial litigation funding, in insolvency litigation by way of a comparison of the legal position in Australia and South ...
• Accommodating persons with communication disabilities in court : perspectives of law students 

  Bornman, Juan; Msipa, Dianah (AOSIS, 2024-07)

  BACKGROUND: Individuals with communication disabilities encounter obstacles in attaining equal access to justice compared to others. Despite experiencing widespread violence and abuse, they come across as challenges in ...
• The impact of the United Nations human rights treaties on the domestic level : twenty years on : second revised edition 

  Heyns, Christof H.; Viljoen, Frans; Murray, Rachel H. (Brill Academic Publishers, 2024-02)

  This collection of chapters tracks and explains the impact of the nine core United Nations human rights treaties in 20 selected countries, four from each of the five UN regions. Researchers based in each of these countries ...

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