This dissertation analyses the domestic implementation of the repression of violations of International Humanitarian Law. Through this analysis it seeks to clarify the obligations placed on States under International ...

This research is centered on carrying out a comparison between the current court systems (with particular reference to structures) in Nigeria and South Africa. A pertinent question that comes to bear in relation to court ...

After the arrest of Augusto Pinochet more than a decade ago, universal jurisdiction was a political and legal reality and became a white hot subject of global controversy. Universal jurisdiction was hailed as one of the ...

After 9/11 the media shocked the public when it uncovered that states, especially the US, used illegal methods to bring suspected terrorists within the jurisdiction of certain countries as part of the Global War on Terror. ...

Section 43 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 allocates the national legislative authority to Parliament. The Constitutional Court acknowledged in the Certification of the Constitution of the RSA, ...

Persecution has found contemporary acceptance as conduct constituting one of the enumerated inhumane acts of crimes against humanity in terms of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Despite its ...

Gender-based violence (GBV) has been used as a tool of instilling fear, hatred and persecution during conflict situations. It is a fact that GBV takes place pre-conflict situations. Moreover, conflicts and wars only ...

Terrorism is not a new threat to the international order but it is a threat that has grown more urgent in the last few years. Terrorism has become a tragic circumstance of everyday live and has caused a remarkable loss of ...