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Chapter 6: Culture and religion
(Juta, 2007)This chapter deals with the relationship between gender equality and rights to practice culture and religion. In South Africa this relationship is of crucial importance to women who live according to the rules and principles ... -
Chewing more than one can swallow: the creation of new districts in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)This article analyses the process of creating districts. It briefly discusses the local government system in Uganda and introduces the phenomenon of the increase in the number of districts. It continues with an analysis ... -
Child justice
(South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 2018)Although the period under review is not an extensive one, it must be noted that cases in which higher courts have pronounced on aspects of the Child Justice Act remain, in the view of the author, rather few. In some high ... -
The Child Justice Act: a detailed consideration of section 68 as a point of departure with respect to the sentencing of young offenders
(Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2012)The Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 establishes a criminal justice system for child accused, separate from the criminal justice system which continues to apply for adult accused in South Africa. The Act aims to keep children ... -
Child justice: Changes to the minimum age of criminal capacity
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Child poverty and children’s rights of access to food and basic nutrition in South Africa : A contextual, jurisprudential and policy analysis
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)The rights to food and basic nutrition have been implemented rather unsystematically in South Africa through a hodgepodge of policies and indirectly by legislation. In view of the dearth of jurisprudence, this paper ... -
Child soldiers and the defence of duress under International Criminal Law
(Routledge, 2021)Atrocities committed by children are frequently explained away by arguments of coercion: children are forced by commanders to participate in acts of extreme violence, threatened with brutal punishment if they fail to ... -
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. ... -
Children deprived of their liberty: protection from torture and ill treatment
(Tygerberg: Medical Research Council, 2012)Children deprived of their liberty by the state are, as a result of state officials’ action or inaction, at the risk of death, torture, and ill treatment. Three types of places of detention are discussed, namely prisons, ... -
Children's rights standards and child marriage in Malawi
(University of Florida, Centre for African Studies, 2017)Child marriages occur when one of the parties is below the age of eighteen. In Malawi, research has shown that most child marriages are a result of cultural practices. To comply with various international and regional ... -
Children’s rights and parental authority: African perspectives
(Routledge, 2021)Traditionally, children in African societies were raised communally, with extended family members playing a vital role in child rearing and care. Social reality is playing a formative role in relation to family law and ... -
‘Citizenship by naturalisation: Are Regulations 3(2)(b) and (c) to the South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1985 invalid?’
(Juta, 2021)This article argues that regulation 3(2)(b), read with regulation 3(2)(c), issued pursuant to section 23(f) of the South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995 (“1995 Act”), is invalid and ought to be set aside on judicial ... -
City regions in pursuit of SDG 11: Institutionalising multilevel cooperation in Gauteng, South Africa
(Routledge, 2019)Metropolitan areas are becoming more and more important in shaping the future of the planet. In 2017 there were 34 megacities worldwide, i.e. cities with a population of over 10 million. It is expected that this number ... -
Civic space and human rights advocacy in the extractive industry in Uganda: Implications of the 2016 Non-Governmental Organisations Act for oil and gas civil society organisations
(African Human Rights Law Journal, 2018)The discovery of oil and gas in Uganda has been identified as having the potential to transform Uganda’s economy, moving Uganda away from a predominantly low-income to a competitive upper-middle-income country by 2040. ... -
Climate adaptation planning for resilient and sustainable cities: Perspectives from the City of Rotterdam (Netherlands) and the City of Antwerp (Belgium)
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)Climate adaptation planning in pursuit of resilient and sustainable societies has become a focal point in urban policy. Climate adaptation planning is generally regarded as separate from traditional urban planning ... -
Cluster foster care: a panacea for the care of children in the era of HIV/Aids or an MCQ?
(Stellenbosch University (SUNJournals), 2010)The ravages wrought by HIV/AIDS on child-care arrangements in the African context are well documented (Richter & Sherr, 2009; Sloth-Nielsen & Mezmur, 2008; Tsegaye, 2007; sources cited there). Notably, these constitute ... -
Co-trusteeship and the joint- action rule in South African trust law
(Elsevier, 2013)This article examines the fundamental rule of South African trust law that co-trustees must always act jointly in regard to trust administration. It highlights the rule's foundation, but also contextualizes some of the ... -
Collective bargaining and worker participation
(Juta Law, 2000)Introduction: The relationship between collective bargaining and worker participation has two main aspects - • the interaction between collective bargaining as a process (at workplace; sectoral and subsectoral level) and ... -
A common law hydra emerges from the forum-shopping swamp
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The community leaders training workshop, Cape Town, 10-11 March
(Sabinet, 2020)This workshop formed part of a series that since 2015 has been looking at issues of housing, health, social security and other constitutional matters. With its emphasis on the social determinants of the right to health, ...