Browsing by Subject "Human rights"
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Appraisal of Selected Themes on the Impact of International Standards on Labour and Social Security Law in South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2022)For many years, South African courts have relied on International Labour Organisation conventions to interpret and give meaning to the fundamental social security and labour law rights enshrined in the Constitution, 1996. ... -
Benefit-sharing as a global bioethical principle : a participating dialogue grounded on a Protestant perspective on fellowship / Riaan Rheeder
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)It has become evident from a practical, legal and theological perspectives that there are strong reasons that the principles underlying article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights (UDBHR) have to ... -
Bridging the public-private regulatory divide: South African mines and the right of access to water
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)In this article we explore the extent to which the South African mining industry can contribute to realising positive obligations stemming from socio-economic rights, and in particular, the right of access to water. Our ... -
The changing identity on succession to chieftaincy in the institution of traditional leadership : Mphephu v Mphephu-Ramabulana (948/17) [2019] ZASCA 58
(PER/PELJ, 2020)The institution of traditional leadership has from time immemorial been central to traditional authority in the system of customary law. After the dawn of democracy in 1994, the role was fundamentally entrenched in the ... -
Climate change and Africa : the normative framework of the African Union
(2013)There is enough evidence on how climate change consequences will adversely affect Africa despite the fact that it is the continent that has least contributed to the problem. The international climate change regime ... -
The commission as a party before the court – reflections on the complementarity arrangement
(2016)The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has worked as the continent's watchdog, under the ACHPR, for almost 30 years. Much has changed since the time of its inception. More institutions, set to ensure the ... -
The core meaning of human dignity
(2016)The concept of human dignity is relatively new in international and domestic constitutional law. Dignity is protected as a value or a right, or both, in international law and many domestic jurisdictions. It is difficult ... -
Determining perceptions regarding the functioning of equality courts : the case of court clerks in the Gauteng region
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)This study is located within the discipline of Public Administration, within the context of the South African Public Service, and focuses on the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development as the national government ... -
Did i break it? recording indigenous (Customary) Law
(PER/PELJ, 2019)In this paper, I explore several issues emerging in the discourse about the recording of indigenous law by drawing on several examples of my research and work with indigenous law in Canada. This is an important inquiry ... -
Doctrinal sanction and the protection of the rights of religious associations: Ecclesia De Lange v The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (726/13) [2014] ZASCA 151
(2016)Scholarship on the protection of religious rights and freedoms in the context of religious associations in South Africa has gained in momentum since the decision by the Equality Court in Johan Daniel Strydom v Nederduitse ...