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Realising the right to property for women in rural Lesotho
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The right to property is a human right guaranteed to all, including women, under various international legal instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of ...
The importance of documentation for the protection of unaccompanied and separated migrant children and the realisation of access to socio-economic rights: An assessment of the participation and roles of stakeholders
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
This paper reports on the findings of a study on the importance of documentation for unaccompanied separated migrant children on South African soil. The objectives of the study is to identify what the international and ...
The influence of section 78 of the companies act 71 of 2008 on personal Liability insurance taken out by directors of companies
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
In order to understand the context of the research paper, a brief discussion has to be made as to
the important fact that a director has to be appointed in a role to assist with the decision-making
in running of a company.1 ...
Sexual and gender-based violence in international refugee law- examining whether women are effectively protected
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Refugee women experience the full spectrum of Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV)
throughout the refugee experience. SGBV is a global crisis that refugee women are subjected
to daily. Refugee women face SGBV in their ...
Factoring as tool of financial inclusion in Kenya
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
A popular difficulty that all SMEs have had to face is limited access to finance. The fact that banks are not prepared to finance small businesses, has exacerbated the existing 'financing gap' in the small and medium-sized ...
Rethinking bilateral investment treaties in Nigeria: The morocco-Nigeria bilateral investment treaty in view
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
This study focuses on Re-thinking Bilateral Investment Treaties in Nigeria: The Morocco-Nigeria BIT in view. Two countries, Morocco and Nigeria, signing BITs commit themselves to several specific standards on the treatment ...
A critical analysis of South Africa’s approach to the complementarity principle under the Rome statute of the ICC
(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 ...
The right to birth registration of foreign children in South Africa: A human rights perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
International law explains the significance of the right to a birth certificate,1 birth registration and what it means to be a national of a specific state.2 International law also explains how important the right to birth ...
An appraisal of the anti-money laundering regime in Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Annually, money laundering costs global financial markets $2.5 trillion. Money laundering is especially problematic in that it results in a plethora of socioeconomic problems including poor economic performance and an ...
An analysis of the expanded mandate of local government under Covid-19
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
The Constitution places municipalities at the forefront of service delivery in South Africa. This can be discovered from a perusal of section 152(1)(b) of the Constitution, which provides that one of the objects of local ...