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- African Centre for Transitional Criminal Justice
- Centre for Legal Intergration in Africa
- Global Environmental Law Centre
CLIA member speaks on protection of indigenous cultural property
Dr DesmonDr Oriakhogba, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Private Law, and member of the Centre for Legal Integration in Africa gave an invited presentation on “The legal regime for the protection of indigenous cultural property in South Africa” on 17 April 2023 in the Equity for Indigenous Research and Innovation (ENRICH) Webinar Series under the theme “3D Replicas and Data Ownership”.
Are Africans ready for integrated state and indigenous laws?
In 1956, Doris Stenton published The English Woman in History. According to her, the Norman Conquest of 1066 ended the egalitarian social status of Anglo-Saxon women and ‘introduced into England a military society’ that made women ‘essentially unimportant’ (p. 348).
Shifting international environmental law from conservation to compassion
Werner Scholtz, professor of law at UWC, has called for a paradigm shift in international environmental law, which he says ‘is concerned with the conservation, inter alia, of sentient species, but generally ignores the welfare of individual animals.
UWC proudly launches African Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice (ACTCJ)
One of the University of the Western Cape’s newest research centres, the African Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice (ACTCJ), celebrated its launch on Wednesday 17 February 2021, with an introductory event led by Prof John-Mark Iyi, Acting Director of ACTCJ.
Environmental governance, hollow environmentalism and adjudication in South Africa
My thought experiment in this paper leads me to the conclusion that South Africa’s environmental governance performance often experiences what l term ‘hollow environmentalism’: the inevitable overall long-term outcome resulting from the practice of promulgating seemingly symbolic laws and policies whose objectives are often not fulfilled.
The ICC’s Arrest Warrant issued against President Vladimir Putin: Disentangling South Africa’s Domestic and International Legal Obligations
Come August 2023, for the second time in a decade, South Africa will likely be facing the difficult question of whether or not to arrest a visiting foreign head of state.
Inaugural Symposium of the Centre for Legal Integration in Africa on ‘The Future of Legal Orders in Africa’
The Centre for Integration in Africa within the Department of Private Law at the University of the Western Cape will be hosting an online inaugural symposium titled: The Future of Legal Orders in Africa – Inaugural symposium of the Centre for Legal Integration in Africa, Department of Private Law, University of the Western Cape.