Author: E. K. Quansah
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781905536276
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Protection of human rights in Botswana : emerging issues / Bojosi Otlhogile -- The role of international law in human rights litigation in Africa / Magnus Killander -- The challenges of human rights protection in Botswana in the 21st century / Charles Manga Fombad -- Expanding the frontiers of fundamental human rights : judicial protection of human rights in Botswana / Key Dingake -- Judicial protection of human rights in Botswana and the role of international human rights law / Onkemetse Tshosa -- The evolution and development of a value-based and teleological interpretation of statute and common law in South Africa as a result of the 1996 constitution / G. Devenish -- Constitutional rights and judicial activism : bridging the gaps in Botswana / Rehka A. Kumar -- Enhancing the judicial role in human rights protection in Botswana / Charles Manga Fombad -- Dignity as a core constitutional concept / William Binchy -- Access to justice-- through legal aid-- is a human right : why and how Botswana must protect this right / Louise W. McKinney -- Greasing the criminal process with a human touch : the protection of the accused person's right to a trial within a reasonable time / Bugalo Maripe -- Gender and the courts in Botswana : when human rights and customary law clash / Samwiri Wakhakha -- Human rights and HIV/AIDS in Botswana : current perspectives and future prospects / E.K. Quansah -- The role of the judiciary in protecting freedom of expression : how far should the courts go? / Badala Tachilisa Balule -- Perspective on the interface between human rights and the environment in Botswana in the light of the Basarwa case / K.K. Lebotse -- Property guarantees in the constitution and implications for land tenure policy in Botswana / Clement Ng'ong'ola
The Judicial Protection of Human Rights in Botswana
Author: E. K. Quansah
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781905536276
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Protection of human rights in Botswana : emerging issues / Bojosi Otlhogile -- The role of international law in human rights litigation in Africa / Magnus Killander -- The challenges of human rights protection in Botswana in the 21st century / Charles Manga Fombad -- Expanding the frontiers of fundamental human rights : judicial protection of human rights in Botswana / Key Dingake -- Judicial protection of human rights in Botswana and the role of international human rights law / Onkemetse Tshosa -- The evolution and development of a value-based and teleological interpretation of statute and common law in South Africa as a result of the 1996 constitution / G. Devenish -- Constitutional rights and judicial activism : bridging the gaps in Botswana / Rehka A. Kumar -- Enhancing the judicial role in human rights protection in Botswana / Charles Manga Fombad -- Dignity as a core constitutional concept / William Binchy -- Access to justice-- through legal aid-- is a human right : why and how Botswana must protect this right / Louise W. McKinney -- Greasing the criminal process with a human touch : the protection of the accused person's right to a trial within a reasonable time / Bugalo Maripe -- Gender and the courts in Botswana : when human rights and customary law clash / Samwiri Wakhakha -- Human rights and HIV/AIDS in Botswana : current perspectives and future prospects / E.K. Quansah -- The role of the judiciary in protecting freedom of expression : how far should the courts go? / Badala Tachilisa Balule -- Perspective on the interface between human rights and the environment in Botswana in the light of the Basarwa case / K.K. Lebotse -- Property guarantees in the constitution and implications for land tenure policy in Botswana / Clement Ng'ong'ola
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781905536276
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Protection of human rights in Botswana : emerging issues / Bojosi Otlhogile -- The role of international law in human rights litigation in Africa / Magnus Killander -- The challenges of human rights protection in Botswana in the 21st century / Charles Manga Fombad -- Expanding the frontiers of fundamental human rights : judicial protection of human rights in Botswana / Key Dingake -- Judicial protection of human rights in Botswana and the role of international human rights law / Onkemetse Tshosa -- The evolution and development of a value-based and teleological interpretation of statute and common law in South Africa as a result of the 1996 constitution / G. Devenish -- Constitutional rights and judicial activism : bridging the gaps in Botswana / Rehka A. Kumar -- Enhancing the judicial role in human rights protection in Botswana / Charles Manga Fombad -- Dignity as a core constitutional concept / William Binchy -- Access to justice-- through legal aid-- is a human right : why and how Botswana must protect this right / Louise W. McKinney -- Greasing the criminal process with a human touch : the protection of the accused person's right to a trial within a reasonable time / Bugalo Maripe -- Gender and the courts in Botswana : when human rights and customary law clash / Samwiri Wakhakha -- Human rights and HIV/AIDS in Botswana : current perspectives and future prospects / E.K. Quansah -- The role of the judiciary in protecting freedom of expression : how far should the courts go? / Badala Tachilisa Balule -- Perspective on the interface between human rights and the environment in Botswana in the light of the Basarwa case / K.K. Lebotse -- Property guarantees in the constitution and implications for land tenure policy in Botswana / Clement Ng'ong'ola
The African Regional Human Rights System
Author: Manisuli Ssenyonjo
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004218149
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 629
Book Description
The African human rights system has undergone some remarkable developments since the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, the cornerstone of the African human rights system, in June 1981. The year2011 marked the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter. It also marked 25 years since the African Charter entered into force on 21 October 1986.This book aims to provide reflections on most of the major human rights issues in the past 30 years of the African human rights system in practice and discussion on the future: the African Charter s impact and contribution to the respect, protection and promotion of human rights in Africa; the contemporary challenges faced by the African Human rights system in responding adequately to the demands of rapidly evolving African societies; and how the African human rights system can be strengthened in the future to ensure that the human rights protected in the African Charter, as developed in the jurisprudence of the African Commission since the Commission was inaugurated in 1987, are realised in practice.The chapters in this volume bring together the work of 20 human rights scholars and practitioners, with expertise in human rights in Africa, under the following general themes: rights and duties in the African Charter; rights of the vulnerable under the African system; implementation mechanisms for human rights in Africa; and towards an effective African regional human rights system.
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004218149
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 629
Book Description
The African human rights system has undergone some remarkable developments since the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, the cornerstone of the African human rights system, in June 1981. The year2011 marked the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter. It also marked 25 years since the African Charter entered into force on 21 October 1986.This book aims to provide reflections on most of the major human rights issues in the past 30 years of the African human rights system in practice and discussion on the future: the African Charter s impact and contribution to the respect, protection and promotion of human rights in Africa; the contemporary challenges faced by the African Human rights system in responding adequately to the demands of rapidly evolving African societies; and how the African human rights system can be strengthened in the future to ensure that the human rights protected in the African Charter, as developed in the jurisprudence of the African Commission since the Commission was inaugurated in 1987, are realised in practice.The chapters in this volume bring together the work of 20 human rights scholars and practitioners, with expertise in human rights in Africa, under the following general themes: rights and duties in the African Charter; rights of the vulnerable under the African system; implementation mechanisms for human rights in Africa; and towards an effective African regional human rights system.
Human Rights and Traditional Justice Systems in Africa
Author:
Publisher: UN
ISBN: 9789211542165
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
This publication defines the nature and characteristics of traditional justice systems, including issues related to jurisdiction, community involvement, composition, and a primary focus on restorative justice.
Publisher: UN
ISBN: 9789211542165
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
This publication defines the nature and characteristics of traditional justice systems, including issues related to jurisdiction, community involvement, composition, and a primary focus on restorative justice.
The Department of Labor's ... Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child labor
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child labor
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Timor-Leste
Author: William Binchy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Timor-Leste has had a troubled history and faces an uncertain future. Having experienced colonization for centuries followed by the Indonesian occupation, with all its abuses of human rights, Timor-Leste emerged as an independent state, based on the rule of law and on respect for human rights. The last few years have shown that no society is simple and that the complex influences of the past continue to shape political, social, and cultural realities. This book examines the contemporary challenges for justice and human rights in the shadow of the past. It approaches the task from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, conscious of the need to integrate insights not only of scholars immersed in human rights, international criminal justice, and customary law, but of others whose backgrounds are in international relations, history, anthropology, demography, sociology, geography, and ecology.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Timor-Leste has had a troubled history and faces an uncertain future. Having experienced colonization for centuries followed by the Indonesian occupation, with all its abuses of human rights, Timor-Leste emerged as an independent state, based on the rule of law and on respect for human rights. The last few years have shown that no society is simple and that the complex influences of the past continue to shape political, social, and cultural realities. This book examines the contemporary challenges for justice and human rights in the shadow of the past. It approaches the task from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, conscious of the need to integrate insights not only of scholars immersed in human rights, international criminal justice, and customary law, but of others whose backgrounds are in international relations, history, anthropology, demography, sociology, geography, and ecology.
World Report 2019
Author: Human Rights Watch
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 1609808851
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 847
Book Description
The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 1609808851
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 847
Book Description
The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.
The Human Right to Health (Norton Global Ethics Series)
Author: Jonathan Wolff
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393083292
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
“A broad-ranging, insightful analysis of the complex practical and ethical issues involved in global health.”—Kirkus Reviews Few topics in human rights have inspired as much debate as the right to health. Proponents would enshrine it as a fundamental right on a par with freedom of speech and freedom from torture. Detractors suggest that the movement constitutes an impractical over-reach. Jonathan Wolff cuts through the ideological stalemate to explore both views. In an accessible, persuasive voice, he explores the philosophical underpinnings of the idea of a human right, assesses whether health meets those criteria, and identifies the political and cultural realities we face in attempts to improve the health of citizens in wildly different regions. Wolff ultimately finds that there is a path forward for proponents of the right to health, but to succeed they must embrace certain intellectual and practical changes. The Human Right to Health is a powerful and important contribution to the discourse on global health.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393083292
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
“A broad-ranging, insightful analysis of the complex practical and ethical issues involved in global health.”—Kirkus Reviews Few topics in human rights have inspired as much debate as the right to health. Proponents would enshrine it as a fundamental right on a par with freedom of speech and freedom from torture. Detractors suggest that the movement constitutes an impractical over-reach. Jonathan Wolff cuts through the ideological stalemate to explore both views. In an accessible, persuasive voice, he explores the philosophical underpinnings of the idea of a human right, assesses whether health meets those criteria, and identifies the political and cultural realities we face in attempts to improve the health of citizens in wildly different regions. Wolff ultimately finds that there is a path forward for proponents of the right to health, but to succeed they must embrace certain intellectual and practical changes. The Human Right to Health is a powerful and important contribution to the discourse on global health.
International Law and Domestic Human Rights Litigation in Africa
Author: Magnus Killander
Publisher: PULP
ISBN: 0986985724
Category : Human rights
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
"African civil law countries are traditionally described as monist and common law countries as dualist. This book illustrates that the monism-dualism dichotomy is too simplistic, in particular in the field of human rights. Academics and practitioners from across the continent illustrate how domestic courts in Africa have engaged with international human rights law to interpret or fill gaps in national bills of rights. The authors also consider the challenges encountered in increasing the use of international human rights law by African domestic courts."--Back cover.
Publisher: PULP
ISBN: 0986985724
Category : Human rights
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
"African civil law countries are traditionally described as monist and common law countries as dualist. This book illustrates that the monism-dualism dichotomy is too simplistic, in particular in the field of human rights. Academics and practitioners from across the continent illustrate how domestic courts in Africa have engaged with international human rights law to interpret or fill gaps in national bills of rights. The authors also consider the challenges encountered in increasing the use of international human rights law by African domestic courts."--Back cover.
Heart of Dryness
Author: James G. Workman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802719619
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"We don't govern water. Water governs us," writes James Workman. In Heart of Dryness, he chronicles the memorable, cautionary tale of the famed Bushmen of the Kalahari--remnants of one of the world's most successful civilizations, today at the exact epicenter of Africa's drought--and their remarkable, widely publicized battle over water with the government of Botswana, to explore the larger story of what many feel is becoming the primary resource battleground of the 21st century: water. The Bushmen's story may well prefigure our own. Even the most upbeat optimists concede the U.S. now faces an unprecedented water crisis. Large dams on the Colorado River, which serve 30 million in 7 states, will be dry in 13 years. Southeast drought cut Tennessee Valley Authority hydropower in half, exposed Lake Okeechobee's floor, dried $787 million of Georgia's crops, and left Atlanta with 60 days of water. Cities east and west are drying up. As reservoirs and aquifers fail, officials ration water, neighbors snitch on one another, corporations move in, and states fight states to control shared rivers. Each year, inadequate water kills more humans than AIDS, malaria, and all wars combined. Global leaders pray for rain. Bushmen tap more pragmatic solutions. James Workman illuminates the present and coming tensions we will all face over water and shows how, from the remoteness of the Kalahari, a primitive (by our standards) people is showing the world a viable path through the encroaching desert of the coming Dry Age.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802719619
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"We don't govern water. Water governs us," writes James Workman. In Heart of Dryness, he chronicles the memorable, cautionary tale of the famed Bushmen of the Kalahari--remnants of one of the world's most successful civilizations, today at the exact epicenter of Africa's drought--and their remarkable, widely publicized battle over water with the government of Botswana, to explore the larger story of what many feel is becoming the primary resource battleground of the 21st century: water. The Bushmen's story may well prefigure our own. Even the most upbeat optimists concede the U.S. now faces an unprecedented water crisis. Large dams on the Colorado River, which serve 30 million in 7 states, will be dry in 13 years. Southeast drought cut Tennessee Valley Authority hydropower in half, exposed Lake Okeechobee's floor, dried $787 million of Georgia's crops, and left Atlanta with 60 days of water. Cities east and west are drying up. As reservoirs and aquifers fail, officials ration water, neighbors snitch on one another, corporations move in, and states fight states to control shared rivers. Each year, inadequate water kills more humans than AIDS, malaria, and all wars combined. Global leaders pray for rain. Bushmen tap more pragmatic solutions. James Workman illuminates the present and coming tensions we will all face over water and shows how, from the remoteness of the Kalahari, a primitive (by our standards) people is showing the world a viable path through the encroaching desert of the coming Dry Age.
Beyond Virtue and Vice
Author: Alice M. Miller
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812251083
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Over the past two decades, human rights as legal doctrine and practice has shifted its engagement with criminal law from a near exclusive condemnation of it as a source of harm toward increasingly invoking it as a necessary remedy for abuses. These shifts are most visible in the context of sexuality, reproduction, and gender. Criminal law appears in modern states as a tool for societies to define forbidden acts (crimes) and prescribe punishments. It authorizes the state to use force as an aspect of expressing and establishing norms—societal expectations for acceptable behavior which when breached permit individuals to be excluded and stigmatized as unfit for inclusion. But the core principles of human rights oppose exclusion and stigma and embrace the equality and dignity of all. Therefore there is an insuperable tension when human rights actors invoke criminal law to protect and vindicate human rights violations. Beyond Virtue and Vice examines the ways in which recourse to the criminal law features in work by human rights advocates regarding sexuality, gender, and reproduction and presents a framework for considering if, when, and under what conditions, recourse to criminal law is compatible with human rights. Contributors from a wide range of disciplinary fields and geographic locations offer historical and contemporary perspectives, doctrinal cautionary tales, and close readings of advocacy campaigns on the use of criminal law in cases involving abortion and reproductive rights, HIV/AIDS, sex work and prostitution law, human trafficking, sexual violence across genders, child rights and adolescent sexuality, and LGBT issues. The volume offers specific values and approaches of possible use to advocates, activists, policy makers, legislators, scholars, and students in their efforts to craft dialogue and engagement to move beyond state practices that compromise human rights in the name of restraining vice and extolling virtue. Contributors: Aziza Ahmed, Widney Brown, Sealing Cheng, Sonia Corrêa, Joanna N. Erdman, Janet Halley, Alli Jernow, Maria Lucia Karam, Ae-Ryung Kim, Scott Long, Vrinda Marwah, Alice M. Miller, Geetanijali Misra, Rasha Moumneh, Wanja Muguongo, Oliver Phillips, Zain Rizvi, Mindy Jane Roseman, Esteban Restrepo Saldarriaga, Tara Zivkovic.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812251083
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Over the past two decades, human rights as legal doctrine and practice has shifted its engagement with criminal law from a near exclusive condemnation of it as a source of harm toward increasingly invoking it as a necessary remedy for abuses. These shifts are most visible in the context of sexuality, reproduction, and gender. Criminal law appears in modern states as a tool for societies to define forbidden acts (crimes) and prescribe punishments. It authorizes the state to use force as an aspect of expressing and establishing norms—societal expectations for acceptable behavior which when breached permit individuals to be excluded and stigmatized as unfit for inclusion. But the core principles of human rights oppose exclusion and stigma and embrace the equality and dignity of all. Therefore there is an insuperable tension when human rights actors invoke criminal law to protect and vindicate human rights violations. Beyond Virtue and Vice examines the ways in which recourse to the criminal law features in work by human rights advocates regarding sexuality, gender, and reproduction and presents a framework for considering if, when, and under what conditions, recourse to criminal law is compatible with human rights. Contributors from a wide range of disciplinary fields and geographic locations offer historical and contemporary perspectives, doctrinal cautionary tales, and close readings of advocacy campaigns on the use of criminal law in cases involving abortion and reproductive rights, HIV/AIDS, sex work and prostitution law, human trafficking, sexual violence across genders, child rights and adolescent sexuality, and LGBT issues. The volume offers specific values and approaches of possible use to advocates, activists, policy makers, legislators, scholars, and students in their efforts to craft dialogue and engagement to move beyond state practices that compromise human rights in the name of restraining vice and extolling virtue. Contributors: Aziza Ahmed, Widney Brown, Sealing Cheng, Sonia Corrêa, Joanna N. Erdman, Janet Halley, Alli Jernow, Maria Lucia Karam, Ae-Ryung Kim, Scott Long, Vrinda Marwah, Alice M. Miller, Geetanijali Misra, Rasha Moumneh, Wanja Muguongo, Oliver Phillips, Zain Rizvi, Mindy Jane Roseman, Esteban Restrepo Saldarriaga, Tara Zivkovic.