• Special focus : implementation of decisions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 

  Viljoen, Frans; Adegalu, Foluso; Olaitan, Zainab (Pretoria University Law Press, 2024-12-01)

  This Special Focus is devoted to the implementation of decisions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission), the longest-standing African supranational human rights body with continental ...
• Realising the right to development in Ghana through its parliament 

  Agyemang, Clement (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  The right to development (RTD) remains a controversial subject at the international level due to disagreements over its nature as a collective and a people’s right. This notwithstanding, the RTD is recognised by the African ...
• 'Consent’ and confusion casting doubt on the validity of a customary marriage : Mgenge v Mokoena & another [2023] JOL 58107 (GJ) 

  Hager, Liesl (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  In Mgenge v Mokoena & another [2023] JOL58107 (GJ), the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, per Rome AJ, considered the validity of a customary marriage concluded between the bride (the first respondent)and ...
• Common ground : optimising the Malawi-Mozambique geostrategic stability 

  Kuwali, Dan (Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd, 2024-12)

  This paper investigates how countries divided by colonial legacy and Cold War antagonism, specifically Malawi and Mozambique, can build mutual trust to enhance geostrategic stability, a critical component for their peace, ...
• Access to healthcare services for transgender people in South Africa : assessing healthcare experiences and human rights 

  Zambezi, Denise; Viljoen, Frans (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

  BACKGROUND : The transgender population is one of the most marginalized and misunderstood population groups in South Africa. Despite a progressive and inclusive human rights-based legal framework, transgender people in ...
• Decoding implementation of African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights decisions on communications in Botswana, Kenya and Ethiopia 

  Obwogi, Jonathan O.; Kremte, Henok A. (Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)

  This article evaluates the implementation status of decisions by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on individual communications involving Botswana, Ethiopia and Kenya. The analysis includes all ...
• Legislating against adult women’s consent to female genital mutilation : a feminist analysis of state practice in light of the Joint General Comment on Female Genital Mutilation by the African Commission and the African Children’s Committee 

  Lasseko-Phooko, Matilda (Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)

  This contribution is concerned with women who opt to undergo female genital mutilation in adulthood. While contentious, the idea that a woman can consent to FGM is condoned in certain African countries in law and in practice. ...
• The impact of country-specific resolutions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1994-2024 

  Biegon, Japheth (Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)

  This article analyses the impact of the country-specific resolutions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights using a theoretical framework constructed around the concept of ‘naming and shaming’. The Commission’s ...
• A contextual approach to strengthening state capacity to implement the decisions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 

  Mbanje, Tendai; Okoloise, Chairman (Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)

  The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights plays a pivotal role in promoting and protecting human and peoples’ rights across the continent. Despite widespread ratification of the African Charter on Human and ...
• The right to adequate housing under African regional human rights law : exploring the extent of protection accorded to refugees 

  Ashenafi, Abiy (Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)

  A considerable portion of disadvantaged people in Africa live in inadequate housing and are particularly prone to homelessness, forced evictions and other housing challenges. These people include refugees in vulnerable ...
• A critical appraisal of the national institutional mechanisms for the prevention of torture in Nigeria 

  Ayo-Ojo, Bayode Sunday (Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)

  According to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT), national preventive mechanisms (NPMs) are required to conduct regular visits to detention centres and provide recommendations to authorities ...
• Coercive competition : geostrategic rivalry in Africa 

  Kuwali, Dan (Unisa Press, 2024-12)

  The geostrategic rivalry between the West and the East is taking centre stage in global affairs, with Africa becoming an alluring battleground. Averting overt conflict, global powers are using economic, political and ...
• The contribution of Uganda's Constitutional Court Petition No 16 Judgment to the right of access to quality emergency obstetric care under international law 

  Maravall-Buckwalter, Isabel; Dubin, Adam David; Durojaye, Ebenezer (Cambridge University Press, 2025)

  On 19 August 2020, the Constitutional Court of Uganda handed down a landmark judgment on maternal health rights in Uganda. This judgment held that the State of Uganda was responsible for violating the right to health, ...
• The New Development Bank in Africa : mid-term evaluation and lessons learned 

  Bradlow, Daniel David; Masamba, Magalie L. (Wiley, 2024-05)

  The New Development Bank (NDB) launched its first project in Africa on April 13, 2016, and on August 17, 2017, the Bank opened its Africa Regional Centre (ARC) in Johannesburg, South Africa. This article assesses the ...
• The rise of anti-gender movements in Africa and the erosion of LGBTQI+ rights : a case study of Botswana 

  Sekga, Ludo Lone (University of Pretoria, 2024)

  Understanding the reasons for the raging decline of LGBTQI+ rights in Africa is pivotal to countering this undoing of human rights. The recognition and understanding of anti-gender movements is critical in this regard. ...
• Laying the foundations for a child-focused cities analytical framework : reflections from an international, interdisciplinary collaboration 

  Cairns, Lynne O.; Fambasayi, Rongedzayi; Katsidzira, Rejoice Shamiso; Milic, Predrag; Cilliers, Jua; Barros, Paula (Cogitatio Press, 2024-09-12)

  Children, a unique yet marginalized social group, hold immense potential for driving meaningful social and environmental change, both in their current lives and as future stewards of the planet. However, their significant ...
• Corporate governance frameworks within South African-based non-governmental organisations in the human rights sector 

  Dunkle-Kock, M. J. (University of Pretoria, 2024-11)

  South Africa’s vibrant and growing civil society is often an important force in high profile legal matters on human rights, and has initiated multiple landmark cases to vindicate the rights contained in the South African ...
• Securing health and wellbeing for children with albinism 

  Msipa, Dianah; Massah, Bonface T.; Van Hout, Marie Claire (Elsevier, 2024-10)

  Albinism is broadly considered a rare disease and is estimated to affect between one in 17 000 and one in 20 000 people worldwide.
• The rights to life and freedom from torture of children associated with Non-State Armed Groups 

  Birhane, Fikire Tinsae (University of Pretoria, 2024-11-17)

  There are hundreds of thousands of children who are associated with non-State armed groups (NSAGs), recruited either forcefully or voluntarily. These children are subjected to various experiences during their association, ...
• The role of social activism in pursuing accountability for police abuse of power in Africa 

  Oyakhirome, Iruebafa Lily (University of Pretoria, 2024-11)

  Reports of police abuse of power, such as extrajudicial killings and torture are widespread in Africa. When these occur, the public expects the state to hold its agents accountable. Police accountability in human rights ...

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