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Much to be done: towards an effective transitional justice model for dealing with conflict-related crimes of sexual and gender-based violence
Many countries in Africa have experienced conflicts characterized by gross human rights violations, including widespread and systematic sexual and gender-based violence. Several of these are currently grappling with the difficult issue of addressing the wrongs of the past while at the same time tryi...
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| author | Mazimhaka, Anne P Inturire |
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| description | Many countries in Africa have experienced conflicts characterized by gross human rights violations, including widespread and systematic sexual and gender-based violence. Several of these are currently grappling with the difficult issue of addressing the wrongs of the past while at the same time trying to secure a stable and democratic future. This study considers what an appropriate model of transitional justice should be in the African context, particularly as pertains to crimes of sexual and gender-based violence. This chapter will briefly illustrate the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence in conflict situations, particularly in Rwanda, note the legal developments made thus far, and establish the aim of this particular study. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4719 Much to be done: towards an effective transitional justice model for dealing with conflict-related crimes of sexual and gender-based violence Mazimhaka, Anne P Inturire Many countries in Africa have experienced conflicts characterized by gross human rights violations, including widespread and systematic sexual and gender-based violence. Several of these are currently grappling with the difficult issue of addressing the wrongs of the past while at the same time trying to secure a stable and democratic future. This study considers what an appropriate model of transitional justice should be in the African context, particularly as pertains to crimes of sexual and gender-based violence. This chapter will briefly illustrate the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence in conflict situations, particularly in Rwanda, note the legal developments made thus far, and establish the aim of this particular study. 2014-07-30T18:19:51Z 2014-07-30T18:19:51Z 2014-07-30 Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4719 en application/pdf Department of Public Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Mazimhaka, Anne P Inturire Much to be done: towards an effective transitional justice model for dealing with conflict-related crimes of sexual and gender-based violence |
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| title | Much to be done: towards an effective transitional justice model for dealing with conflict-related crimes of sexual and gender-based violence |
| title_full | Much to be done: towards an effective transitional justice model for dealing with conflict-related crimes of sexual and gender-based violence |
| title_fullStr | Much to be done: towards an effective transitional justice model for dealing with conflict-related crimes of sexual and gender-based violence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Much to be done: towards an effective transitional justice model for dealing with conflict-related crimes of sexual and gender-based violence |
| title_short | Much to be done: towards an effective transitional justice model for dealing with conflict-related crimes of sexual and gender-based violence |
| title_sort | much to be done towards an effective transitional justice model for dealing with conflict related crimes of sexual and gender based violence |
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