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An assessment of the constitutionality of the directions and regulations issued to local government during the Covid-19 state of disaster
(2021)
President Cyril Ramaphosa first addressed the nation regarding the Covid-19 pandemic on the 15th of March 2020, when he announced the national state of disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) to prevent the ...
The impact and constitutionality of the proposed National Health Insurance scheme with regard to the provision of health services by subnational governments
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
In South Africa, there are two health systems through which health services are delivered,1 namely private and public. These two systems were inherited from the apartheid regime.2 With South Africa’s political change from ...
Developing a Community Engagement Model as a Normative Framework for Meaningful Engagement During Evictions
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The research problem of this study is the jurisprudential inconsistency in the application
of the right in section 26(3) of the South African Constitution's Bill of Rights. The
inconsistency is due to inadequate conceptualisation ...
The Right to Health Care of Terminally Ill Inmates in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
In South Africa, prison authorities are not primarily concerned with the health of the prison population. This is evidenced by inter alia: the vast number of complaints regarding health care received by the Judicial ...
Statelessness and the rights of Children in Kenya and South Africa: A Human Rights Perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Stateless children and those at risk of becoming stateless has been an ongoing
issue both on a domestic level as well as internationally. In many African
countries children face discriminatory and arbitrary nationality ...
Analysing human rights accountability towards ending preventable maternal morbidity and morality in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The persistence of preventable Maternal Morbidity and Mortality (hereafter MMM), in the
developing world, despite ground breaking technological and scientific advances, is
unacceptable. There is no cause of death and ...
Analysing human rights accountability towards ending preventable maternal morbidity and mortality in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The persistence of preventable Maternal Morbidity and Mortality (hereafter MMM), in the developing world, despite ground breaking technological and scientific advances, is unacceptable. There is no cause of death and ...
Contesting Uganda's legislative homophobia in the African court on human and peoples' rights: Substantive and procedural challenges
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
In many societies, a division between genders exist. This differentiation is attributed to a patriarchal culture which creates gender norms in sexualities.1 A set of cultural practices and expectations exist; these cultural ...
Towards effective Multilateral protection of traditional knowledge within the global intellectual property framework
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Traditional Knowledge (TK) has previously been considered a 'subject' in the public domain,
unworthy of legal protection. However, the last few decades have witnessed increased
discussions on the need to protect the knowledge ...
Bring back our girls: A human rights analysis of child abductions by Boko Haram
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
As the world evolves new perils emerge which pose a significant threat to human and child
rights, it is imperative that the protection of these rights is prioritised. Human rights can be
defined as the rights that every ...