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Closing Gacaca─analysing Rwanda’s challenges with regard to the end of Gacaca courts
(2013)
In Rwanda, Gacaca courts, community-based traditional courts, were alternative solution of dealing with the legacy of genocide after the failure of modern model of justice. In 2012, Gacaca courts were repealed by the Organic ...
‘When is dismissal an appropriate sanction for misconduct? and who has the last say?’
(2009)
In this mini-thesis, I will present a historical development of the manner in which South African courts have tested the fairness of dismissals, for misconduct. South African Labour history has been marred by confusion and ...
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, ...
The right to freedom of religion in the public domain in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Within the context of South Africa‘s diverging religious, cultural and social backgrounds, new questions on the nature of a multicultural society are raised from the perspective of human rights. The universality and ...
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 ...