Browsing Faculty of Law by Author "Iyi, John-Mark"
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A critical analysis of some of the complexities of implementing transitional justice in Sudan after the genocide in Darfur
Abdalsllam, Hajer Musa A (2023)In recent decades, the lives of millions of civilians have been devastated in the Darfur region in western Sudan, by the attacks of the militia Janjaweed, with the support of the government army under the supervision of ... -
A critical analysis of South Africa’s approach to the complementarity principle under the Rome statute of the ICC
Lekhuleni, James Dumisani (University of Western Cape, 2021)The Rome Statute established the International Criminal Court (the ICC) in July 2002 and South Africa was one of the first signatories. South Africa incorporated this statute into its domestic law by enacting the Implementation ... -
ECOWAS court’s jurisdiction and the argument of sovereignty: an evaluation of an impeachment Debacle in Liberia
Forkpa, Mulbah (University of the Western Cape, 2023)The need for a just and orderly society is the essence of retributive justice in domestic courts. Globalisation has left an immense mark on the development of both domestic and international laws. Rule of Law was largely ... -
The hidden truth: A critical examination of Uganda’s transitional justice legal and policy reforms on truth-seeking
Tiberindwa, Zakaria (University of Western Cape, 2021)In the past, analyses of Uganda’s Transitional Justice legal and policy measures on truth-seeking have been focussed on evaluating the efficacy of a truth commission. However, being cognizant of the limitations entailed ... -
Peacebuilding and justice in conflict: the imperative for transformative justice in the post-war reconstruction of Chad
Badewa, Adeyemi Saheed (University of the Western Cape, 2023)The fault lines in the implementation of transitional justice mechanisms have posed enormous challenges to peacebuilding, reconciliation, and reconstruction in many postconflict societies, particularly in the Global South. ... -
‘Social truth’ as an approach to transitional justice in gacaca courts in post- genocide Rwanda
Karungi, Viola (University of Western Cape, 2021)This mini-thesis makes a claim that when Rwanda established the rule of Gacaca court system as a communal mechanism of transitional justice in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide, it accordingly enabled space for the ‘social ... -
Surviving genocide: A critical analysis of the long-term impact of the Herero and Nama genocides
Nangolo, Ruusa Megameno (University of the Western Cape, 2022)The period 1904–1908 is historically significant among the Herero and Nama, as they still suffer from the impact of the genocide committed by the German colonisers. Nearly 80 per cent of the Otjiherero-speaking people and ...