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National Colloquium on Access to Food for Students in South African Tertiary Institutions: Challenges of Hunger among Students in Higher Education in South Africa (13–14 August 2018)
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2018)
Student hunger on university campuses has gained prominence ever since the #FeesMustFall movement spread across South Africa’s tertiary
institutions in 2015. Although there are no definite statistics on the extent of the ...
Implementing legal accountability to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in Uganda
(African Human Rights Law Journal, 2018)
Accountability is a vital human rights principle to address preventable maternal morbidity and mortality in Uganda. The continuous use of
‘accountability’ as a term without elaborating on it gets in the way of using its ...
Eviction process in Nigeria: the need for meaningful engagement
(Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 2018)
The important process of meaningful engagement with persons affected by eviction has been greatly under-utilised in Nigeria and this leaves the victims in a dire situation as their yearnings are hardly met. Having regard ...
The child's right to basic education in Nigeria: a commentary on the decision in SERAP v Nigeria
(African Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2018)
The right to education is not justiciable in Nigeria by virtue of it being included in Chapter II of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) (CFRN 1999) as a directive principle of state policy. ...
The Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa (SRRWA) 2007-2015
(Gender & Behaviour, 2018-06)
The purpose of this article is to examine the progress recorded so far by this mechanism focusing on the period from 2007-2015. It focuses on the relevance and importance of the office of the SRRWA as a special mechanism ...
The WHO Tobacco Convention: A New Dawn in the Implementation of International Health Instrument? Comment on “The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?”
(International Journal of Health Policy Management, 2018)
The Tobacco Convention was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2003. Nikogosian and Kickbusch examine the five potential impacts of the Tobacco Convention and its Protocol on public health. These include the ...
Message from the Deputy Vice Chancellor
(SADJ - South African Dental Journal, 2018)
The 40th-anniversary celebration of the Faculty of Dentistry comes at a time when the faculty has made huge inroads in the profession, as well as in oral health care in South Africa and on the continent. Besides being the ...
The environment and the Sustainable Development Goals: ‘We are on a road to nowhere
(Edward Elgar, 2018)
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) collectively embody the global stance on the economic, social and environmental actions needed to achieve sustainable development. With reference to the environmental component ...
Accountability and the right to food: A comparative study of India and South Africa
(Food Security SA Working Paper Series, 2018)
It remains a great source of concern that, as richly endowed as the world is, each day millions of people go to sleep hungry and almost 870 million people, particularly in developing countries, are chronically undernourished. ...
The implications of varying statutory minimum age thresholds for child consent in respect of minors granted majority status through civil marriage in South Africa
(Intersentia, 2018)
South Africa is a young constitutional democracy and developing country.
Its main national laws protecting children, namely, the supreme Constitution
19961 and the comprehensive Children's Act 20052 based on its provisions, ...