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Implementing Article 45 of the UN Convention against Corruption in Africa: prospects and challenges
(Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2013)
Article 45 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption empowers states parties to enter into bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements on the transfer of offenders convicted of offences in one country ...
Restoring the ‘historical deficit’: The exercise of the right to freedom of religion and culture in democratic South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
On 18 January 1960, LIFE magazine began a series of articles on democracy around the world. The newly independent nation of Ghana (1957) was featured in Part 1 and the cover photograph was of Augustus Molade Akiwumi, the ...
Victim participation in the criminal justice system in the European Union through private prosecutions: Issues emerging from the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2016)
Private prosecutions are one of the ways through which crime victims in many European countries participate in the criminal justice system. However, there seems to be a reluctance at the Council of Europe level to strengthen ...
The role of traditional leaders in Zimbabwe: are they still relevant?
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
As in many other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the institution of traditional leadership has always been central to the governance of communities in Zimbabwe. Traditional authorities take various forms and shapes in many ...
Recent developments Mudzuru & Another v The Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs & 2 Others: A review
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2015)
This article reviews the recent judgment of the Constitutional Court of
Zimbabwe in Mudzuru & Another v The Minister of Justice, Legal and
Parliamentary Affairs & 2 Others, which has been hailed with acclaim
worldwide. ...
Unaccompanied and separated foreign children in the care system in the Western Cape – a socio-legal study
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2016)
This article reports on the findings of a study of foreign children
accommodated in the care system in the Western Cape, based
on fieldwork conducted in child and youth care centres. The
objectives of the study were ...
Private prosecutions in Zimbabwe Victim participation in the criminal justice system
(Creative Commons, 2016)
Two recent developments have changed the face of private prosecutions in Zimbabwe. Firstly, the prosecutor general had to decide: (1) whether private companies may institute private prosecutions; and (2) whether the ...
The African Commission on Human and People's Rights and the woman question
(Springer, 2016)
This paper proposes that in developing jurisprudence on women's rights, the African Commission will need to ask the woman question particularly the African woman question. The woman question requires a judicial or ...
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 ...
Religious persecution as a crime against humanity: ending impunity
(International Institute for Religious Freedom, 2013)
Religious persecution manifests itself in various harmful ways. Traditional intervention
strategies are useful but limited. The article explores the need to reinforce the
combating of religious persecution with the ...