Climate change's severe consequences on cultural rights represent a clear threat to South Africa's development and progress. South Africa is affected by climate change, which is currently the world's greatest challenge. ...

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) as one of the chapter 9 state institutions supporting Constitutional democracy is mandated amongst others to promote respect for human rights and cultural practice. It also ...

Section 9 of the Republic of South Africa Constitution1 recognises that discrimination against people who are members of disfavoured groups may lead to patterns of group disadvantage and harm. It turns to be unfair, since ...

Although environmental law is a relatively a new field of scholarship in South Africa, it is growing rapidly. The right to access to social security including environmental rights is found in the South African Bill of ...

The characterisation of inmates within a correctional service system as second-class citizens or marginalised citizens is not far-fetched. This is a reality when one considers the negative stigmatisation that is automatically ...

Capital punishment has been widely applied by countries since time immemorial. The concept, however, is highly controversial. That is, on the one hand, the anti-abolitionist states argue that it is an effective form of ...

Since the decision by the court in Johan Daniel Strydom v Nederduitse Gereformeerde Gemeente Moreleta Park, there has been a rise in advocacy on the need to ensure strict protection of human rights, specifically with ...

The examination of certain legal aspects of xenophobia has shown that the law and its judicial interpretation do on the one hand server to safeguard against xenophobia and to eliminate it where it still prevails, on the ...