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The legal status of evidence obtained through human rights violations in Uganda
(Faculty of Law, North-West University, 2016)
The Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995 is silent on the issue of dealing with evidence obtained through human rights
violations. This silence dates to the earlier Constitutions of 1962, 1966 and 1967. ...
An argument for foetal protection within a framework of legal abortion in South Africa
(International Centre of Medicine and Law, 2016)
Termination of pregnancy (abortion) and foetal protection remain a challenging topic in South Africa where abortion is legalised and largely decriminalised. As a general rule, an unborn (nasciturus) does not have legal ...
Decriminalising abortion in South Africa: implications for the unborn's right to life
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The 1975 Abortion and Sterilisation Act (ASA) was the first statute to regulate abortion in South Africa. The ASA provided that abortion was illegal. Although the default legal position adopted by it appeared to be clearly ...
The (mis)management of ethnolinguistic diversity in Ethiopian cities
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
Ethiopia has an ethnic federal system that is based on the assumption that the ethnolinguistic
communities of the country are located in neatly defined, or definable, territorial areas.
On the basis of this assumption ...
Islamic state practices in the framework of Islamic and international human rights instruments
(Electronic Publishing, 2016)
The main purpose of this article is to provide an analytical perspective of essentially four current Islamic human rights instruments adopted under the protection of two different, parallel 'Arab' and 'Islamic' organisations, ...
The disclosure of the identities of anonymous minors upon the age of majority: clean slate or dismal fate?
(LitNet Akademies, 2016)
The identity of minors (juveniles under the age of 18 years) is protected during court proceedings. However, when they turn 18, their identities are no longer withheld by the courts and the media. This article examines two ...
The South African Legal Practice Act: the requirement for University law clinics to have trust accounts: oversight or deliberate barrier?
(Faculty of Law University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The Legal Practice Act (LPA) appears to have far-reaching implications for legal practitioners at university law clinics. This article will, however, focus only on the compulsory requirement that attorneys at university ...
Die bekendmaking van die identiteit van anonieme minderjariges by meerderjarigheid: regverdigbaar of nie?
(LitNet Akademies, 2016)
Die identiteit van minderjariges word nie bekendgemaak tydens hofverrigtinge nie. Sowel
getuies as slagoffers en oortreders kry hierdie vergunning en word deur die wetgewer
beskerm. Hierdie beskerming verval egter wanneer ...
Private prosecutions in Zimbabwe: Victim participation in the criminal justice system
(Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2016)
Two recent developments have changed the face of private prosecutions in Zimbabwe. Firstly, the prosecutorgeneral
had to decide: (1) whether private companies may institute private prosecutions; and (2) whether ...
The rights and freedoms of Moroccan women: has the 2004 reforms benefited Moroccan women?
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2016)
Morocco has maintained its identity and adherence to the Islamic faith since before colonialism and after. As a result of such identity the Moroccan monarchy over the years developed the Code of Personal Status (referred ...