Browsing by Subject "Sovereignty"
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The American Indian Civil Rights Movement: A case study in Civil Society Protest.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) of 2012 focuses on certain aspects of the social upheaval the US experienced during the 1960s and 1970s. Under the heading of “Civil society protests of the 1950s to ... -
An analysis of the normative framework providing for human environmentally induced migration in SADC
(2014)Environmentally induced migration has been a contentious topic over the last two decades. Estimates show that over 30 million people worldwide are annually forced to migrate due to serious environmental degradation, natural ... -
Challenges to the prohibition on sovereignty in Outer Space - A new frontier for space governance
(PER/PELJ, 2021)The current space arena has changed significantly since the 1950s, when outer space activities commenced. At the time of the adoption of the Outer Space Treaty (and the related General Assembly Resolutions), the outer ... -
Governance, 'sovereignty-state-territory triad', human population migration and xenophobia in (South) Africa
(2015)This article seeks to examine the association of the concept of governance of international relations and, by implication, human population migration, through the rigid practices of “sovereignty-state-territory triad” ... -
The impact of securitisation on South Africa’s migration protocols during the Zuma administration (2009-2017)
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)The post-apartheid government was widely praised for its liberal constitution which was based on the principles of human dignity, equality, and freedom. These principles are in line with those of foundational international ... -
An optimistic vision for biosciences in South Africa: reply to Thaldar et al. (2019)
(ASSAf, 2019)Our reply to Thaldar et al.’s1 response to the ASSAf report2 on human genetics and genomics focuses on two elements of the Report which they highlight, namely ubuntu and sovereignty. The lack of engagement with ... -
Rethinking terra nullius and property law in space
(2015)With a new era dawning with regard to access to space and an increase in the number of nations capable of reaching and exploiting space, the field of space law as a whole needs to be re-evaluated. One such area where current ... -
Straddling border and legal regimes : a legal framework for transfrontier biodiversity conservation in SADC
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)Traditional conservation models focus on conservation within sovereign national borders and therefore ignores the fact that biodiversity extends beyond these political boundaries. Since the Southern African Development ... -
Wysgerige onderskeidinge relevant vir 'n besinning oor staat en samelewing met besondere verwysing na Koos Malan se politokrasie
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017)Recently reflections on state and society were enriched by the contributions of various authors in Afrikaans. Of particular interest in this regard is a work written by Koos Malan (professor in Constitutional Law). It ...