The right to development (RTD) remains a controversial subject at the international level due to disagreements over its nature as a collective and a people’s right. This notwithstanding, the RTD is recognised by the African ...
In Mgenge v Mokoena & another [2023] JOL58107 (GJ), the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, per Rome AJ, considered the validity of a customary marriage concluded between the bride (the first respondent)and ...
This paper investigates how countries divided by colonial legacy and Cold War
antagonism, specifically Malawi and Mozambique, can build mutual trust to
enhance geostrategic stability, a critical component for their peace, ...
Zambezi, Denise; Viljoen, Frans(Taylor and Francis, 2024)
BACKGROUND : The transgender population is one of the most marginalized and misunderstood population groups in South Africa. Despite a progressive and inclusive human rights-based legal framework, transgender people in ...
Obwogi, Jonathan O.; Kremte, Henok A.(Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)
This article evaluates the implementation status of decisions by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on individual communications involving Botswana, Ethiopia and Kenya. The analysis includes all ...
Lasseko-Phooko, Matilda(Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)
This contribution is concerned with women who opt to undergo female genital mutilation in adulthood. While contentious, the idea that a woman can consent to FGM is condoned in certain African countries in law and in practice. ...
Biegon, Japheth(Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)
This article analyses the impact of the country-specific resolutions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights using a theoretical framework constructed around the concept of ‘naming and shaming’. The Commission’s ...
Mbanje, Tendai; Okoloise, Chairman(Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights plays a pivotal role in promoting and protecting human and peoples’ rights across the continent. Despite widespread ratification of the African Charter on Human and ...
Ashenafi, Abiy(Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)
A considerable portion of disadvantaged people in Africa live in
inadequate housing and are particularly prone to homelessness, forced
evictions and other housing challenges. These people include refugees in
vulnerable ...
Ayo-Ojo, Bayode Sunday(Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)
According to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against
Torture (OPCAT), national preventive mechanisms (NPMs) are required to
conduct regular visits to detention centres and provide recommendations to
authorities ...
The geostrategic rivalry between the West and the East is taking centre stage in global affairs, with Africa becoming an alluring battleground. Averting overt conflict, global powers are using economic, political and ...
Maravall-Buckwalter, Isabel; Dubin, Adam David; Durojaye, Ebenezer(Cambridge University Press, 2025)
On 19 August 2020, the Constitutional Court of Uganda handed down a landmark judgment on maternal health rights in Uganda. This judgment held that the State of Uganda was responsible for violating the right to health, ...
Bradlow, Daniel David; Masamba, Magalie L.(Wiley, 2024-05)
The New Development Bank (NDB) launched its first project in Africa on April
13, 2016, and on August 17, 2017, the Bank opened its Africa Regional Centre
(ARC) in Johannesburg, South Africa. This article assesses the ...
Understanding the reasons for the raging decline of LGBTQI+ rights in Africa is pivotal to countering this undoing of human rights. The recognition and understanding of anti-gender movements is critical in this regard. ...
Children, a unique yet marginalized social group, hold immense potential for driving meaningful social and
environmental change, both in their current lives and as future stewards of the planet. However, their
significant ...
Dunkle-Kock, M. J.(University of Pretoria, 2024-11)
South Africa’s vibrant and growing civil society is often an important force in high profile legal matters on human rights, and has initiated multiple landmark cases to vindicate the rights contained in the South African ...
Birhane, Fikire Tinsae(University of Pretoria, 2024-11-17)
There are hundreds of thousands of children who are associated with non-State armed groups (NSAGs), recruited either forcefully or voluntarily. These children are subjected to various experiences during their association, ...
Oyakhirome, Iruebafa Lily(University of Pretoria, 2024-11)
Reports of police abuse of power, such as extrajudicial killings and torture are widespread in Africa. When these occur, the public expects the state to hold its agents accountable. Police accountability in human rights ...
Tapsoba, Elsa Melissa(University of Pretoria, 2024-10-20)
This research focuses on the right to education of internally displaced children in Burkina Faso. Since 2015, this country has been facing a security crisis marked by terrorist attacks that have led to the forced displacement ...