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Mainstreaming the ‘Abortion question’ into the right to health in Uganda
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2021)
The right to health is a social and economic right that requires progressive realisation by
states (Chenwi 2013). Although Uganda’s Constitution does not provide for the right to health,
the country is a signatory to the ...
Africa, prisons and COVID-19
(Oxford University Press, 2020)
Africa’s prisons are a long-standing concern for rights defenders given the prevalence
of rights abuses, overcrowding, poor conditions of detention and the extent to which
the criminal justice system is used to target ...
Federalism under pressure: Federal ‘health’ factors and ‘co-morbidities’
(Routledge, 2021)
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a ‘focusing event’ (Béland et al. 2020) for federalism like no other, placing it under the microscope and giving rise to the three
questions set out in the introduction of this book. Each ...
South Africa: Surfing towards centralisation on the Covid-19 wave
(Routledge, 2021)
When the Covid-19 pandemic reached its shores between February and March
2020, South Africa was already in a vulnerable situation – socially, economically,
and politically. Although the country’s population, estimated ...
Controlling public health emergencies in federal systems
(Routledge, 2021)
It was merely a day after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the
coronavirus disease (Covid-19) a global pandemic that Ethiopia recorded its first
case of infection. On 12 March 2020, a week after entering the ...
Introduction: How federations combat Covid-19
(Routledge, 2021)
On 31 December 2019, the first cases of the coronavirus, Covid-19, were identified in Wuhan City, China. Its dramatic rate of transmission and deadly effects
soon led to the city’s shutdown, but not before it took wing ...
International regulation of platform labor: A proposal for action
(Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, 2021)
Platform-mediated work is a source of livelihood for millions of workers worldwide.
However, because platforms typically classify workers as ‘independent
contractors’, those workers are generally excluded from the scope ...