Browsing Masters Degrees (Constitutional & Human Rights Litigation) by Title
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Prospect of merging the South African Human Rights Commission and Commission for Gender Equality into a single human rights body.
(2021)A decade after the introduction of Chapter 9 institutions supporting democracy, the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee appointed to review these institutions found that all except the South African Human Rights Commission ... -
Public protector or paper tiger? personality, politics and performance: an analysis based on precedent.
(2021)Since the inception of the post-Apartheid era, the Public Protector has found its root of empowerment in legislation (the Constitution and the Public Protector Act), which primarily constructs it as an independent and ... -
Seeking tenure security: an analysis of the Communal Land Tenure Bill and its purported promise to give effect to section 25(6) of the Constitution.
(2022)Since the demise of apartheid, land reform has been one of the greatest challenges facing the democratic dispensation. Section 25(6) of the Constitution provides that “a person or community whose tenure of land is legally ... -
Separation of powers in the South African context: Is there space for the political question doctrine?
(2019)In a constitutional democracy the courts are usually given the power of judicial review. This power allows the courts to review legislative and executive conduct and test it against the constitution. If the conduct in ... -
Stress and psychosocial support for humanitarian personnel who work with child protection in emergencies.
(2014)There is a high percentage of returning humanitarian personnel suffering from PTSD, burn out, psychosocial distress and secondary traumatisation. The 2012 study by the Aid Security Database saw the highest exposure of ... -
Tensions between the powers of parliament and the privileges and immunities of parliamentarians in South Africa.
(2021)The doctrine of parliamentary privilege is a global phenomenon. It has its genesis in the English history. It came about as a result of confrontations between the monarch and Parliament. Parliamentarians fought for the ... -
Truth and reconciliation in South Africa vs Gacaca Courts in Rwanda: transitional justice mechanisms, and the need for reparations.
(2021)The year 1994 will forever be earmarked as the most eventful year in the history books of both South Africa and Rwanda. For South Africa, the year represented a long-awaited transition from an apartheid and segregationist ... -
The UN Refugee Convention cessation clause and its application to Rwandan refugees based in Kenya.
(2013)Kenya like many other countries offers asylum to refugees in fulfillment of the provisions of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention as well as the 1969 OAU Refugee Convention. The country, with the assistance of UNHCR, confers ... -
The use of land restitution as a means of protecting indigenous knowledge systems for the purpose of realising food sovereignty.
(2019)This mini-dissertation will explore the Indigenous Knowledge Systems and food sovereignty in light of South Africa's stance on land restitution. It will critically discuss Indigenous Knowledge Systems as they relate to ... -
The violation of rights of prisoners in South Africa after 1996: medico-legal implications.
(2018)Post-1994 and following the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa on 8 May 1996, the Constitution has since become the supreme law of the country and any conduct or law that is in conflict with its ... -
Voluntary human shields in international armed conflict : a proposal for suitable future regulation.
(2015)The paper examines the international humanitarian law framework, the Geneva Conventions, the Additional Protocols thereto, and the subsequent filtration of these norms into the domestic laws and practices of states around ...