Browsing by Subject "Human rights violations"
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Accountability of law enforcement personnel for Human Rights Violations in Cameroon : trends and challenges
(PER/PELJ, 2021)Law enforcement personnel are critically important in both the security and criminal justice sectors. Unlike ordinary citizens, they possess the broad powers needed to perform the tasks in these sectors: for example, they ... -
Automated facial recognition in law enforcement : the Queen (on application of Edward Bridges) v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police
(PER/PELJ, 2021)The use of automated facial recognition in law enforcement is still a novel practice and as a result the legislative framework for this technology is ill-defined. The judgement of The Queen (on application of Edward ... -
EDITORIAL: Special Edition The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70 : African Perspectives on Progress and Prospects
(PER/PELJ, 2020)This special edition comprises selected papers on critical reflections on the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The authors critique the contextual relevance of the UDHR to the implementation ... -
The legal status of evidence obtained through human rights violations in Uganda
(2016)The Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995 is silent on the issue of dealing with evidence obtained through human rights violations. This silence dates to the earlier Constitutions of 1962, 1966 and 1967. It is only ... -
Narratives of child trafficking survivors in rehabilitation : conceptualisations of freedom for human rights education
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)Children are being trafficked for sexual exploitation in virtually every country in the world (USDS, 2016:340). As yet, however, qualitative studies have not produced a clear conceptualisation of child trafficking for ... -
Prosecuting Human Violations Committed in the Anglophone Cameroon Crisis : a Disquisition on the Legal Framework
(PER/PELJ, 2022)The prosecution of perpetrators of mass violations of human rights remains one of the unfinished tasks of Africa's ʺdemocraciesʺ which, in itself, is eloquent evidence of the need for systemic arrangements to protect human ... -
Rethinking violence, reconciliation and reconstruction in Burundi
(ER- Potchefstroom Electronic Journal, 2015)Armed violence and genocide are among the on-going problems that are still facing contemporary Africa and the world. In the aftermath of the outrages, devastation and appalling carnage of the Second World War, member states ... -
Rethinking violence, reconciliation and reconstruction in Burundi
(2015)Armed violence and genocide are among the on-going problems that are still facing contemporary Africa and the world. In the aftermath of the outrages, devastation and appalling carnage of the Second World War, member states ... -
The security implications for failing to implement gender equality standards : a case study of the Kenyan national government
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Gender stands central to equal development and human security today and it is important to understand the multitude of connections between security and internal conflict, including the effect of gender inequality on human ... -
Universal dignity, justice and accountability: protection of human rights and dealing with atrocities
(2010)The notion that human beings have rights as humans is part of the contemporary world and its politics. With respect to human rights, the United Nations (UN) plays a major role in promoting, protecting, and expanding ...