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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 ...
The trial of civilians before courts martial in Uganda: Analysing the jurisprudence of Ugandan courts in the light of the drafting history of articles 129(1)(d) and 120(a) of the constitution
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2022)
Unlike in the constitutions of other African countries such as
Botswana and Lesotho, where the relationship between the High
Court and courts martial is stipulated, the Ugandan Constitution
1995 (the Constitution) does ...
Addressing wrongful convictions or miscarriages of justice in the BRICS nations
(University of Tyumen, 2022)
For many decades, international human rights law has recognised the danger of wrongful
convictions and miscarriages of justice. It is against this background that measures have
been taken to prevent or combat wrongful ...
A Life in Human Rights: A Conversation with Dennis Davis’ London Review of International Law
(Oxford University Press, 2021)
Dennis Davis is Judge of the High Court of South Africa, Judge President of the Competition Appeal Court, and Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Cape Town. In this wide-ranging conversation with Tor Krever, he ...
Fact sheets on decentralisation in Africa
(UTS ePRESS, 2022)
A growing number of African countries are considering or implementing reforms that include forms of decentralisation. At times, these reforms are underpinned by (recent) constitutional change, as in Mozambique (2018), ...
Reaping “bumper harvests” during the Covid-19 pandemic: Interrogating the dynamics of corruption during the procurement of relief and healthcare items in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The discovery of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV2 or COVID-19) in Wuhan, China was considered a Chinese problem by Ugandans until confirmation of the first positive test in the country, in March 2020. The government went into ...
Veiled intent or advancing children’s right to education? The legality of payments for extra lessons in Zimbabwe’s education system
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Extra lessons in Zimbabwe were initially designed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to assist learners with lagging aspects of their formal school learning areas. However, in the past few years, extra ...
Corruption in Kenya during the Covid-19 pandemic and the right to health: Lessons learnt and future prospects
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Kenya has made positive strides in fighting corruption through signing and ratifying the United Nations Convention Against Corruption and the African Union Convention on Prevention and Combating Corruption. These Conventions ...
Lobbying against democracy
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
This essay seeks to excavate the anti-democratic propensities of corporate lobbying. It
begins by considering the nature of lobbying and then attempts to comprehend the
relationship between corporate lobbying and democracy ...
Grappling with the scourge of money laundering during the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The deadly COVID-19 pandemic has unfortunately presented new opportunities for perpetrators to exploit. As such, hefty amounts of economic crimes such as money laundering and money laundering threats were committed from ...