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Editorial: Special Focus On 'Dignity Takings And Dignity Restorations', Penelope Andrews
Editorial: Special Focus On 'Dignity Takings And Dignity Restorations', Penelope Andrews
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Justice, Reconciliation, And The Masculinist Way: What Role For Women In Truth And Reconciliation Commissions?, Penelope Andrews
Justice, Reconciliation, And The Masculinist Way: What Role For Women In Truth And Reconciliation Commissions?, Penelope Andrews
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During periods of armed conflict, women and girls are frequently subjected to violence because of their gender. National governments have attempted to address this issue through transitional justice mechanisms like truth and reconciliation commissions. The record of women’s input and participation in these processes, however, is rather poor. In this article, I highlight the role of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (SATRC) and the opportunity the SATRC missed in failing to comprehensively confront andexamine the systemic nature of violence against women under apartheid. Many transitional justice mechanisms, the SATRC being one of the more vivid examples, have adopted a …
The Quest For Constitutionalism: South Africa Since 1994, Penelope Andrews
The Quest For Constitutionalism: South Africa Since 1994, Penelope Andrews
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The Struggle For The Rule Of Law In South Africa (Symposium: Twenty Years Of South African Constitutionalism: Constitutional Rights, Judicial Independence And The Transition To Democracy), Stephen J. Ellmann
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From Gender Apartheid To Non-Sexism: The Pursuit Of Women's Rights In South Africa, Penelope Andrews
From Gender Apartheid To Non-Sexism: The Pursuit Of Women's Rights In South Africa, Penelope Andrews
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This article discusses the quest for women's rights in South Africa and how the transition from apartheid to democracy led to a commitment to gender equality as incorporated in South Africa's transitional and final Constitutions. This paper refers to the organizational attempts by women prior to and during the constitutional drafting process to ensure that the new Constitution embodied the aspirations and reflected the struggles for women's rights by women activists in South Africa. This article is divided into six sections. Section Two describes the legacy of apartheid for all women in South Africa. This section shows how the laws …
A Constitutional Confluence: American ‘State Action’ Law And The Application Of South Africa’S Socioeconomic Rights Guarantees To Private Actors, Stephen Ellmann
A Constitutional Confluence: American ‘State Action’ Law And The Application Of South Africa’S Socioeconomic Rights Guarantees To Private Actors, Stephen Ellmann
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As constitutional protection of human rights expands around the world, the question of whether constitutional rights should protect people not only against state action but also against the conduct of private actors is once again timely. Few nations have so broadly, or so ambiguously, endorsed the application of constitutional guarantees to constrain private conduct (known outside the United States as "horizontality") as South Africa. The constitution approved in 1996 applies fully and without qualification to all "organs of state," and this term is defined in section 239 in potentially very broad terms, notably embracing "any other functionary or institution ... …
A Grand Exercise In Forgiveness, Or Justice Held Hostage To Truth? South Africa’S Truth And Reconciliation Commission, Penelope Andrews
A Grand Exercise In Forgiveness, Or Justice Held Hostage To Truth? South Africa’S Truth And Reconciliation Commission, Penelope Andrews
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An evaluation of the success or otherwise of the TRC may seem premature, but there have been some interesting reflections thus far. One such work is David Dyzenhaus’ book, Judging the Judges, Judging Ourselves: Truth, Reconciliation and the Apartheid Legal Order. The book is a narrative and critique of the legal hearings which took place over three days at the TRC. This is a review of the Dyzenhaus book.
Affirmative Action In South Africa: Transformation Or Tokenism, Penelope Andrews
Affirmative Action In South Africa: Transformation Or Tokenism, Penelope Andrews
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Violence Against Women In South Africa: The Role Of Culture And The Limitations Of The Law, Penelope Andrews
Violence Against Women In South Africa: The Role Of Culture And The Limitations Of The Law, Penelope Andrews
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This paper describes the role of culture in perpetuating violence against women. It does this by contextualizing violence against women in South Africa within the grand project of transformation taking place there, and highlighting the possibilities of fundamental restructuring, with respect to rights and equality for women, when the feminist project intersects with the non-racial project. The paper, therefore, visits a familiar question, namely, the obstacles to transformation when the eradication of racism takes precedence over the elimination of sexism, as it historically has in South Africa. In addition, this paper describes recent attempts by the legislature and courts in …
The Creation Of South Africa's Constitution: Introduction, Stephen J. Ellmann
The Creation Of South Africa's Constitution: Introduction, Stephen J. Ellmann
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Justice In A Post-Apartheid South Africa, Penelope Andrews
Justice In A Post-Apartheid South Africa, Penelope Andrews
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The Use And Effectiveness Of Economic Sanctions Against Nations That Violate Human Rights: Can The United States Force Reform On South Africa, R. Blair Thomas
The Use And Effectiveness Of Economic Sanctions Against Nations That Violate Human Rights: Can The United States Force Reform On South Africa, R. Blair Thomas
NYLS Journal of Human Rights
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Conscientious Objection To Service In The South African Defence Force As A Ground For Political Asylum In The United States, Dominic Holzhaus
Conscientious Objection To Service In The South African Defence Force As A Ground For Political Asylum In The United States, Dominic Holzhaus
NYLS Journal of Human Rights
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