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The value of human dignity in interpreting socio-economic rights
(South African Journal on Human Rights, 2005)
There has been considerable criticism of the use of human dignity as a guiding value in the context of South Africa's equality jurisprudence. What are the implications of the use of the value in socio-economic rights ...
Breaking new ground : the need for a protocol to the African Charter on the abolition of the death penalty in Africa
(African Human Rights Law Journal, 2005)
The 1980s saw the drafting and adoption of international treaties on the abolition of the death penalty. In the European and Inter-American human rights systems, steps have been taken to abolish the death penalty by means ...
Conference “Seeking security: Towards a new vision for tenure relations in farming areas”
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2005)
Nkuzi Development Association (NDA) in partnership with Social Surveys Africa (SSA) organised a conference on the tenure security of farm dwellers, which was held in Johannesburg from 25–27 October 2005.
Prisoners' rights litigation in South Africa since 1994: a critical evaluation
(Law, Democracy & Development, 2005)
It is a sad fact that there is often a huge gap in South Africa between the constitutional promise of a life lived with dignity and respect, on the one hand, and the actual lived reality of people who are supposed to be ...
Surveying the prisons landscape - what the numbers tell us
(Law, Democracy & Development, 2005)
This article will make observations and describe trends using available prison statistics in order to offer a quantitative perspective on the issues of democracy and human rights in South African prisons. In chis sense, ...
Offender rehabilitation and reintegration: taking the White Paper on Corrections forward
(Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2005)
Rehabilitation and reintegration, as contemplated on the scale articulated in the White Paper, will indeed require a very careful approach and consideration would have to be given to the major challenges, such as resource ...
District-local municipal relations: The challenges to cooperative government
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Outside of metropolitan areas, local government is shared by district and local municipalities; the 47 district municipalities and 231 local municipalities share legislative and administrative powers over the same geographical ...
The place and role of local government in federal systems
(Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2005)
South Africa has embarked on an important experiment of creating a
decentralised system of government comprising three spheres of government –
national, provincial and local. In comparison with international practice, ...
The powers of local government in decentralized systems of government: Managing the 'curse of common competencies'
(Institute of Foreign and Comparative Law, 2005)
The issues and problems flowing from common competencies are shared by
many, if not all, decentralised and federal systems; they are a feature arising
from the division of powers between two levels of government. The ...
District-local municipal relations: The challenges to cooperative government
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Outside of metropolitan areas, local government is shared by district and local municipalities; the 47 district municipalities and 231 local municipalities share legislative and administrative powers over the same geographical ...