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International human rights law and foreign case law in interpreting constitutional rights: The Supreme Court of Uganda and the death penalty question.
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2009)
On 21 January 2009, the Supreme Court of Uganda handed down a judgment in which it held that the death penalty was constitutional, that a mandatory death sentence was unconstitutional, that hanging as a mode of execution ...
Fair Trial Rights and Their Relation to the Death Penalty in Africa
(International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 2006)
A fair trial is a basic element of the notion of the rule of law, and the principles of ‘due process’ and ‘the rule of law’ are fundamental to the protection of human rights. At the centre of any legal system, therefore, ...
Molecular genetic identification of skeletal remains of apartheid activists in South Africa
(Academic Journals, 2008)
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission made significant progress in examining abuses committed
during the apartheid era in South Africa. Despite information revealed by the commission, a large
number of individuals ...
Opportunities in Africa for training in genome science
(Academic Journals, 2004)
Genome science is a new type of biology that unites genetics, molecular biology, computational
biology and bioinformatics. The availability of the human genome sequence, as well as the genome
sequences of several other ...
Why the Supreme Court of Uganda should reject the Constitutional Court's understanding of imprisonment for life
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2008)
The issue of life imprisonment is always a contentious one. Some people
argue that life imprisonment should mean what it means, namely 'wholelife'.
In Uganda, life imprisonment continues to mean imprisonment of 20
years. ...
Life imprisonment in South Africa: yesterday, today, and tomorrow
(Juta Law, 2009)
Life imprisonment has been part of South Africa's penal regime for decades. This article analyses how this form of punishment has changed in meaning in since 1906. The author looks at life imprisonment during the death ...
Resources and rights: Water and land in rural development
(PLAAS, 2009-11)
Both the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs (DWEA) and the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) acknowledge the importance of water reform jointly with land reform. What does integrated planning ...
SoftBridge: a multimodal instant messaging bridging system
(Telkom, 2003)
Instant Messaging is traditionally a text only a air. However, there are instances when it would be useful to bridge to other types of media, like speech. The SoftBridge is an application framework that enables this kind ...
Equity, access and success: adult learners in public higher education
(Council on Higher Education, 2007)
Unlike research into access and success for school-leavers entering higher education (HE) in
South Africa, very little research has been conducted into adult learners in HE. Apart from
generalized, albeit extensive, ...
Advancing the Right to Adequate Housing of Desperately Poor People: City of Johannesburg v. Rand Properties
(Human Rights Brief, 2006)
Inadequate housing, the growth and overcrowding of informal settlements, and the occupation of private land and abandoned buildings are prevalent in South Africa. The result is that many of the country’s most vulnerable — ...