Browsing by Author "Mezmur, Benyam"
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Bring back our girls: A human rights analysis of child abductions by Boko Haram
Bartlett, Isam (University of the Western Cape, 2018)As the world evolves new perils emerge which pose a significant threat to human and child rights, it is imperative that the protection of these rights is prioritised. Human rights can be defined as the rights that every ... -
Child sex tourism in South Africa: A children's rights perspective
Mapapu, Ntombizodidi Jenniffer (University of the Western Cape, 2016)In the words of Najat Maall M'jid, former United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography: 'As the world reflects on the universal development goals for the ... -
A critique of the jurisprudence of the African commission regarding evidence in relation to human rights violations: A need for reform?
Nanima, Robert Doya (University of the Western Cape, 2018)The success of any human rights system at the domestic, regional or international level requires an adequate development of the normative, institutional and jurisprudential frameworks. With regard to the African Commission, ... -
Ending corporal punishment of children in the home: Rwanda as a case study
Rushema, Chantal (University of the Western Cape, 2013) -
Playing in the shadows: An analysis of childhood statelessness and the right to nationality in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Coetzer, Danielle Patricia (University of Western Cape, 2019)The Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) provides that „everyone has the right to nationality.‟1 Nationality2 refers to the legal relationship between a State and an individual.3 The consequences are that this legal ... -
Statelessness and the rights of Children in Kenya and South Africa: A Human Rights Perspective
Sutton, Nikeeta Louise Joan (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Stateless children and those at risk of becoming stateless has been an ongoing issue both on a domestic level as well as internationally. In many African countries children face discriminatory and arbitrary nationality ... -
The responsibility to protect in the context of the NATO intervention in Libya in 2011: a human rights analysis
Mthamo, Khayalandile Lwando (University of the Western Cape, 2017)The international human rights architecture experienced a shift from states to individual rights within a state. This is mainly informed by the fact that states committed human rights atrocities against their own civilians. ... -
To what extent does Zimbabwe comply with its international obligations for the protection of unaccompanied and separated refugee children?
Mutsvara, Sheena (University of the Western Cape, 2015)This study set out to analyse Zimbabwe’s obligations under international law for the protection of UARC. Chapter one was an introduction to the study laying out the background of refugee and child protection. The background ...