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Browsing Centre for Human Rights by Subject "Democracy"
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)"The OAU was a state-centric system. It is only in the last years of its existence and in the transition from the OAU to the AU that discussions on modalities for facilitating civil society participation in its activiites ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)"While public participation in constitution-making is recognised under international law, its extent is not elaborated. This has resulted in governments pursuing constitution-making processes that, despite involving public ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008)History has proven that, if freed from the grasp of the unitary executive, the elected Attorney General flourishes as a lawyer for the law dedicated above all else to the "public interest." In light of these proven benefits, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008)The objective of this study is to assess the problems associated with how the people of Mozambique participate in the exercise of political power, through election of parliamentary representatives. This study also aims at ...
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(University of Western Cape, 2014)Development has been a right in Africa since African leaders made the commitment thereto at the adoption of the African Charter on Human and People's Rights in 1981. Yet, in Africa, the majority of women cannot exercise ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)"The references above are illustrative of the fact that an effective right to information is significant to democracy and has an unequivocal basis in international and comparative human rights law. Although international ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004)"Furthermore, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has been proposed as a key element of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). The APRM is said to be the most remarkable innovation in the AU and the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)"Election management bodies (EMBs) have thus been established throughout the world with the responsibility of administering elctions. However, merely creating a body to administer elections does not create public conficence ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)"Good governance entails accountability, transparency, enhanced public participation in decision making, strengthened public sector and civil society institutions and greater adherence to the rule of law. Corruption results ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2002)"This study is a comparative analysis of how free and fair recent presidential elections in two African countries were. On a wider frame, the yardsticks used in this work are international norms and principles that govern ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)"This study attempts to provide a picture of how parliaments have been contributing to the protection of human rights and democracy and how the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) can draw lessons from the different mechanisms ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The failures of constitutionalism and good governance in Africa are well documented. Importantly, these failures have also highlighted the importance of constitutionalism and good governance in Africa. This study centrally ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005)"Elections form a key component of democratic governance. Democracy denotes a political system that, among other things, allows citizens to freely choose their government over time through credible, legitimate and acceptable ...
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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, 2010-02-03)The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) was developed under the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the development framework of the African Union (AU) which replaced the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005)"After their independence, African countries undertook to establish sub-regional organisations in order to join their efforts towards improving the living standard of their populations. Primarily vested with economic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The waves of democratisation in Africa gave hope to the continent. Democracy was becoming a reality and legal instruments were being put in place at the domestic level through constitutional clauses which were imposed to ...
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