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Sexual minority rights in Cameroon
(University of Western Cape, 2012)
The objective of this study is to explore the criminalisation of persons based on sexual
orientation in Cameroon in light of that country’s international human rights obligation. The study examines the constitution and ...
The role of the victim in the South African system of plea and sentence agreements: a critique of section 105a of the criminal procedure act
(2009)
Crime victims once played a prominent role in the criminal justice system. Historically, victims who sought to bring their wrongdoers to justice conducted their own investigations and argued their own cases or employed ...
Pertinent legal issues and impediments fettering the successful prosecution of the crime of money laundering and its predicate offences in Zambia: proposed reforms
(2009)
The law relating to money laundering is not a new branch of law although it seems to be just emerging in this modern era of advanced technology and organised crime. It evolved in the 18th century with the case of Rex v ...
The international mechanisms relating to mutual assistance in the field of information exchange and civil forfeiture
(2009)
Several international instruments relating to the forfeiture of assets derived through
unlawful means have been developed in the last decade. These relate to both civil and criminal forfeiture proceedings. Nevertheless, ...
Redressing female victims of sexual violence: possibilities for gender-specific reparations at the International Criminal Court
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This paper is about the reparations regime of the International Criminal Court and reparations possibilities for victims of sexual violence. It will contain a legal analysis of the reparations system of the Court, including ...
Exploring the differences and similarities in sexual violence as forms of genocide and crimes against humanity
(2009)
Even though sexual violence has always been a part and parcel of conflicts and atrocities throughout the ages, it never found any interpretation by subsequent tribunals who were responsible for prosecuting offenders.The ...
South frica’s non-ratification of the United Nations convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), wisdom or folly, considering the effect of the status quo on international trade
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980 (CISG) seeks to provide a standard uniform law for international sales contracts. This research paper analyses the rationale behind South ...