Browsing Magister Legum - LLM (Public Law and Jurisprudence) by Author "Fernandez, Lovell"
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Accomplishments, shortcomings and challenges: evaluation of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Negash, Tesfamicael (University of the Western Cape, 2006)This thesis assessed the effectiveness of the Special Court in relation to the impact is has made in cultivating the rudiments of a human rights culture, dispensing justice, ending a culture of impunity, effecting unity ... -
An analysis of the difficulties related to victim participation before the International Criminal Court and the Extraordinary Chambers in the courts of Cambodia
Katonene, Peter Mwesigwa (University of the Western Cape, 2012)By any standard, victim participation is a relatively new phenomenon in international criminal law proceedings. Incredible advances have been made in the effort to end impunity for crimes against humanity, war crimes, ... -
An analysis of the difficulties related to victim participation before the International Criminal Court and the extraordinary chambers in the courts of Cambodia
Mwesigwa, Peter Katonene (University of the Western Cape, 2012)By any standard, victim participation is a relatively new phenomenon in international criminal law proceedings. Incredible advances have been made in the effort to end impunity for crimes against umanity, war crimes, ... -
Anti-cyberlaundering regulation and control
Leslie, Daniel A. (University of the Western Cape, 2010)This paper is inspired by the ills borne out of the internet. The internet has become a modern day tool for criminals seeking to conceal the proceeds derived from their crime, hence the problematic notion of cyberlaundering. ... -
The co-operation regime of the international criminal court: the obligation of states to arrest and surender
Gidey, Maereg Gebregziabher (University of Western Cape, 2009)The study attempts to identify the concrete mechanisms inherent in the co-operation regime of the ICC in relation to the arrest and surrender of suspects. By doing so, it attempts to contribute to a better understanding ... -
The criminal accountability of child soldiers in the light of armed conflict
Nortje, Windell (University of the Western Cape, 2009) -
Drawing the borderlines, truth justice and reconciliation mechanisms/amnesties and the Rome Statute
Kamunde, Nelly Gacheri (University of the Western Cape, 2009)This research analyzes Truth Justice and Reconciliation Mechanisms and Amnesties in the light of the Rome Statute to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The research looks strictly into the legal terms of the Rome ... -
Female genital mutilation as a form of violence against women and girls: an analysis of the effectiveness of international human rights law
Chinnian-Kester, Karin (University of the Western Cape, 2005)This thesis used female genital mutilation as a lens through which the effectiveness of the current laws aimed at protecting women and girls can be explored. -
International criminal court Proprio motu intervention where a truth commission exists: the Kenyan situation
Kituku, Carolene (University of the Western Cape, 2010)Kenya’s December 2007 Presidential elections sparked a wave of violent clashes over allegations of election rigging. The protests broke out along ethnic lines, causing greater civil unrest. There have been allegations that ... -
Kenya's implementation of the smuggling protocol in response to the irregular movement of migrants from Ethiopia and Somalia
Barasa, Noela N. (University of the Western Cape, 2012) -
Life Imprisonment in International Criminal Tribunals and Selected African Jurisdictions - Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda.
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (University of the Western Cape, 2009)The study has three major aims: To give a detailed discussion of the question of punishment and the three major theories or objectives of punishment – retribution, deterrence and rehabilitation, from a philosophical point ... -
Pertinent legal issues and impediments fettering the successful prosecution of the crime of money laundering and its predicate offences in Zambia: proposed reforms
Chitengi, Justine Sipho (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 ... -
Redressing female victims of sexual violence: possibilities for gender-specific reparations at the International Criminal Court
Pia, Christina Kalus (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 ... -
The right to reparations in the context of transitional justice: lessons for Burundi from South Africa, Chile, Peru and Colombia
Berry, Didier Nibogora (University of the Western Cape, 2011) -
South Africa’s human rights centred approach to extradition
Hartnick, Envar Robin (2013) -
“Tax evasion as a predicate offence for money laundering”
Zoppei, Verena (University of the Western Cape, 2012)This paper discusses the progress of international anti-money laundering (AML) law with regard to making tax evasion a predicate offence for the crime of money laundering (ML). This paper will focus particularly on the ... -
“Tax evasion as a predicate offence for money laundering”
Zoppei, Verena (University of the Western Cape, 2012)This paper discusses the progress of international anti-money laundering (AML) law with regard to making tax evasion a predicate offence for the crime of money laundering (ML). This paper will focus particularly on the ... -
Traditional justice and states' obligations for serious crimes under international law: an African perspective
Chembezi, Gabriel (University of the Western Cape, 2010) -
Truth Commissions: Did the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission serve the purpose for which it was established?
Abduroaf, Muneer (University of the Western Cape, 2010)Since the 1980's, many dictatorships around the world have been replaced by new democracies. These old dictatorships were notorious for their human rights abuses. Many people were killed and tortured; and many others were ...