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Can a multilateral agreement on investment reduce double tax treaty abuse in developing countries?
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Over the years, the world economy has experienced growth in foreign direct investments (FDI), with the role of developing countries becoming more evident as both recipients and investors alike. The proliferation of ...
The regionalisation of international criminal justice in Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
This study was undertaken under the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal
Justice, University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa and Humboldt Universitat zu
Berlin, Germany. The Centre provided a ...
The legalisation and regulation of online gambling in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Democracy in action: Public participation and the progressive realisation of socio-economic rights
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
While the Constitutional Court has repeatedly enforced a duty to meaningfully engage with
communities where the provision of basic social services and goods is at stake, uncertainty
about the form, extent and quality of ...
The Prosecution of sexual violence crimes under article 7 and 8 of the rome statue of the international criminal court: A reason for optimism?'
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The Rome Statute gave birth to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 17 July 1998. Its mandate is to assist the international community in the arduous task of closing the gap of impunity for the most heinous crimes, ...
Evaluating the legal framework of the hybrid court for South Sudan
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The Republic of South Sudan became independent from the Republic of Sudan on 9 July 2011.
South Sudan has an area of 644, 329 km2 and a total estimated population of around 12, 6
million.1The original state of Sudan was ...
Revisiting Zimbabwe's First Generation BITs: A Case for Balancing Rights and Obligations
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Foreign investments have many benefits; most of which are dependent on the kind of
investment. For host countries, the expected benefits which would arise from their
perspectives include, but are not limited to; technology, ...
Food security and local government in South Africa: the role of municipalities in a food systems approach.
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Realising the right to food in South Africa requires more than an increase in food supply. Instead it requires the structural causes that give rise to food insecurity be addressed. This is argued to compel the state to ...
The British exit from the European Union and its effects on existing legislation and other member states
(The University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The European Union (EU) was formed so as to maintain peace and to unify Europe in a bid to
ensure that the events caused by the Second World War would never be repeated again. The
idea was to bring the nations together ...
The African court on human and peoples’ rights: a test of African notions of human rights and justice
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right (the Court) is the most recent of the three regional Human Rights Bodies. Envisioned by the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Right, its structures was not planned until ...