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An evaluation of the effectiveness of the transitional justice process in Kenya since the 2007-2008 post-election conflict
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The concept of transitional justice keeps changing as the concept of conflict changes. The paper analyses the transitional justice process in Kenya after the 2007-2008 Post-Election Violence. Very little has been written ...
Assets declarations by public officers in Zimbabwe as an anti-corruption tool
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Zimbabwe is regarded as one of the most corrupt countries on the African continent. The absence of an assets declaration regime in Zimbabwe has made it difficult to hold accountable public officers implicated in corruption ...
An analysis of the critical shortcomings in South Africa's anti-money laundering legislation
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Sitting head of state immunity for crimes under international law : conflicting obligations of ICC member states?
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Sitting head of state immunity for crimes under international law has been a very controversial issue in recent times. On the one hand, the debate bears that personal immunity has been renounced for crimes under international ...
The Boko Haram insurgency and the child's right to education in Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Armed conflict impacts negatively on the child's right to education as the targeted attacks on schools, school children, teachers and school facilities can cause a drop in school enrolment and attendance as well as longer ...
Mobile Money Payments as Vehicles for Money Laundering: A Case Study of Malawi
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Money laundering is defined as the process of converting the proceeds derived from a wide
range of underlying criminal offences, called predicate offences, to apparently legitimate
property. In other words, it is the process ...
Accountability for ISIS atrocities : is the International Criminal Court a viable prosecutorial option?
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is a jihadist militant group. The members of this militant group have committed criminal acts of unspeakable cruelty. These staggering criminal conducts are documented by the United ...
An evaluation of the benefit of plea and sentence agreements to an unrepresented accused
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Section 105A of the Criminal Procedure Act is unconstitutional with regard to its
failure to extend benefits to an unrepresented accused. Unlike a represented
accused, an unrepresented accused cannot benefit from section ...
The legal status of evidence obtained through human rights violations in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The Constitution 1995 of the Republic of Uganda is silent on how to admit evidence obtained through human rights violations in Uganda. The decided cases are inconsistent in the way courts have dealt with this evidence. ...
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission of Kenya : a critical study
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)