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Namibia's implementation of the financial action task force's international standards on combating the financing of terrorism
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Terrorism has become one of the biggest threats to international peace and security. It threatens to destroy basic human rights and freedoms, particularly the rights to life, liberty, security, and in more recent times, ...
Exploring a sustainable anti-corruption regime for Tanzania
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Corruption is among the world's devastating social, economic and political problems. It is
enormous to the extent that ''not one single country, anywhere in the world, is corruptionfree''.
Its effects on the quality of ...
Does a right to access to adequate housing include a right to the city in South Africa?
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The Constitution of South Africa is often commended for the protection that it affords to
socio-economic rights - including the right to access to adequate housing, 'Adequate'
housing is said to comprise of more than just ...
An Assessment of Ghana's Legal and Institutional Anti-Money Laundering Framework
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The primary aim of an individual who engages in criminal activity, particularly at an
organised level, is to make profit. However, criminals are not merely bent on gaining
financial profit, but are especially desirous ...
Examining the effectiveness of the Malawian Financial Intelligence Authority in the fight against money laundering
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Money laundering (hereafter ML) is a multidisciplinary topic which has become important since the late 1980s. The term ‘laundering’ literally means ‘washing’ or ‘removing dirt’. It has been defined as the conversion of ...
Recruitment and use of juvenile pirates as crimes against humanity
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Piracy attacks off the coast of the Horn of Africa have been on the rise in the recent years. According to a report by Ocean without Borders, although no vessels were hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia in 2017, ...
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 ...
The state’s obligation to realise the socioeconomic rights of vulnerable groups: A case study of children on the Cape Flats
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The Cape Flats is known for poverty, gangsterism, over population and a general lack of basic necessities. What is often overlooked is where this negative perception emanates from. Generational poverty is an existent issue ...
A revised role of good faith in the law of contract and employment contracts
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Good faith is an open ended concept which refers to fair and honest dealings. The function of this concept is to give expression to the community’s sense of what is fair, just and reasonable. The concept of good faith has ...
Corporate criminal liability in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Criminal law defines certain standards of human behaviour as crimes, which is inherently linked to culpability and requires proof of an accused's mental state and is enforced through a system of state punishment. As a ...