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dc.contributor.author | Ngwena, Charles G. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-09T08:49:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-12-30T00:20:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.description.abstract | Each year, unsafe abortion causes the death of thousands of women, rendering them seriously ill and disabling many more in the African region. Highly restrictive abortion law is a major causative factor. Among United Nations (UN) treaty-monitoring bodies, there is a growing, albeit incremental, recognition of access to safe abortion services as a human right. Against the backdrop of abortion regimes that impede access to safe abortion in the African region, this article takes critical stock of the contribution that UN treaty-monitoring bodies are making towards the development of jurisprudence that conceives access to abortion as a human right. Its main focus is on critically appraising three decisions made by UN treaty-monitoring bodies, namely, KL v Peru; LMR v Argentina; and LC v Peru under Optional Protocols and drawing lessons for the African region. | en |
dc.description.librarian | am2013 | en |
dc.description.librarian | ai2014 | |
dc.description.uri | http://www.jutalaw.co.za/catalogue/itemdisplay.jsp?item_id=3600 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Ngwena, C 2013, 'Access to safe abortion as a human right in the African region : lessons from emerging jurisprudence of UN treaty-monitoring bodies', South African Journal on Human Rights, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 399-428. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0258-7203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31974 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Juta Law | en |
dc.rights | Juta Law | en |
dc.subject | Discrimination | en |
dc.subject | Equality | en |
dc.subject | Human rights | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Abortion -- Law and legislation -- Africa | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Women's rights -- Africa | en |
dc.title | Access to safe abortion as a human right in the African region : lessons from emerging jurisprudence of UN treaty-monitoring bodies | en |
dc.type | Article | en |