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A case study of whether South Africa's foreign policy with Zimbabwe and China is informed by its constitutional and international human rights obligations
South Africa is a country that in the past has experienced gross human rights violations, and therefore has sought never again to have such violations. The government has sought to protect people's human rights by including them in the country's Constitution. Furthermore, South Africa has engaged wi...
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| author | Madima, Reshoketswe |
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| description | South Africa is a country that in the past has experienced gross human rights violations, and therefore has sought never again to have such violations. The government has sought to protect people's human rights by including them in the country's Constitution. Furthermore, South Africa has engaged with various international human rights bodies to further advocate for good human rights practices. However, the country has encountered some domestic challenges, with inequality and poverty being rife in the country. These challenges have implications for South Africa's economic foreign policy goals. This study explores South Africa's foreign policy with the Chinese government and the Zimbabwean government to explain why the country has chosen countries with poor human rights such as these. The research study will be centred around the period from 2008 to 2017. The offensive realism theory formed the theoretic framework of this research study. The study employed a qualitative research strategy as well as an interpretivist research paradigm. The findings show that when it comes to South Africa's foreign policy agenda, the government's goal is to establish a partnership with another country that will ultimately benefit the economic interests of South Africa, regardless of the country's human rights principles. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/32336 A case study of whether South Africa's foreign policy with Zimbabwe and China is informed by its constitutional and international human rights obligations Madima, Reshoketswe Chirwa, Danwood Human Rights Law South Africa is a country that in the past has experienced gross human rights violations, and therefore has sought never again to have such violations. The government has sought to protect people's human rights by including them in the country's Constitution. Furthermore, South Africa has engaged with various international human rights bodies to further advocate for good human rights practices. However, the country has encountered some domestic challenges, with inequality and poverty being rife in the country. These challenges have implications for South Africa's economic foreign policy goals. This study explores South Africa's foreign policy with the Chinese government and the Zimbabwean government to explain why the country has chosen countries with poor human rights such as these. The research study will be centred around the period from 2008 to 2017. The offensive realism theory formed the theoretic framework of this research study. The study employed a qualitative research strategy as well as an interpretivist research paradigm. The findings show that when it comes to South Africa's foreign policy agenda, the government's goal is to establish a partnership with another country that will ultimately benefit the economic interests of South Africa, regardless of the country's human rights principles. 2020-10-29T07:44:09Z 2020-10-29T07:44:09Z 2020 2020-10-29T07:43:39Z Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32336 eng application/pdf Department of Public Law Faculty of Law |
| spellingShingle | Human Rights Law Madima, Reshoketswe A case study of whether South Africa's foreign policy with Zimbabwe and China is informed by its constitutional and international human rights obligations |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | A case study of whether South Africa's foreign policy with Zimbabwe and China is informed by its constitutional and international human rights obligations |
| title_full | A case study of whether South Africa's foreign policy with Zimbabwe and China is informed by its constitutional and international human rights obligations |
| title_fullStr | A case study of whether South Africa's foreign policy with Zimbabwe and China is informed by its constitutional and international human rights obligations |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case study of whether South Africa's foreign policy with Zimbabwe and China is informed by its constitutional and international human rights obligations |
| title_short | A case study of whether South Africa's foreign policy with Zimbabwe and China is informed by its constitutional and international human rights obligations |
| title_sort | case study of whether south africa s foreign policy with zimbabwe and china is informed by its constitutional and international human rights obligations |
| topic | Human Rights Law |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32336 |
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