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"It is my body, so I decide" A multidisciplinary approach to the interpretation of article 14 of the protocol to the African charter on the rights of women in Africa
Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25302 "It is my body, so I decide" A multidisciplinary approach to the interpretation of article 14 of the protocol to the African charter on the rights of women in Africa Viljoen, Frans efokala@gmail.com Fokala Mukumu, Elvis Reproductive health rights Specific rights African women's protocol Sexuality UCTD Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2011. Although much has been written and discussed on the African Women’s Protocol in recent years, a number of misinterpretations and ambiguities remains regarding the source and scope of the specific rights enshrined in this revolutionary Protocol. From a legal perspective, the author singles out the provision of article 14 of the African Women’s Protocol (sexual and reproductive health rights) and begins with the tricky issue of identifying four aspects namely non-discrimination, abortion, informed consent and HIV/AIDS which in his opinion are fundamental to the protection and promotion of women’s sexual and reproductive health rights. Thereafter, with the help of case law, the author reviews the legal interpretations of these four aspects by some African, American, and Asian courts. At the UN level, decisions of the CEDAW Committee and the Human Rights Council are also reviewed. Of practical interest, reflecting on the four aspects, the author explores the interpretative approach of different social sciences such as sociology, anthropology and psychology in an attempt to introduce a multidisciplinary approach that could supplement legal interpretation and understanding of women’s sexual and reproductive health rights. Centre for Human Rights unrestricted 2013-09-06T20:31:44Z 2011-06-07 2013-09-06T20:31:44Z 2011-04-11 2011-06-07 2011-06-06 Dissertation Fokala Mukumu, E 2010, "It is my body, so I decide" A multidisciplinary approach to the interpretation of article 14 of the protocol to the African charter on the rights of women in Africa, LLM dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25302 > E11/350/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25302 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06062011-145836/ © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Reproductive health rights Specific rights African women's protocol Sexuality UCTD "It is my body, so I decide" A multidisciplinary approach to the interpretation of article 14 of the protocol to the African charter on the rights of women in Africa |
| title | "It is my body, so I decide" A multidisciplinary approach to the interpretation of article 14 of the protocol to the African charter on the rights of women in Africa |
| title_full | "It is my body, so I decide" A multidisciplinary approach to the interpretation of article 14 of the protocol to the African charter on the rights of women in Africa |
| title_fullStr | "It is my body, so I decide" A multidisciplinary approach to the interpretation of article 14 of the protocol to the African charter on the rights of women in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | "It is my body, so I decide" A multidisciplinary approach to the interpretation of article 14 of the protocol to the African charter on the rights of women in Africa |
| title_short | "It is my body, so I decide" A multidisciplinary approach to the interpretation of article 14 of the protocol to the African charter on the rights of women in Africa |
| title_sort | it is my body so i decide a multidisciplinary approach to the interpretation of article 14 of the protocol to the african charter on the rights of women in africa |
| topic | Reproductive health rights Specific rights African women's protocol Sexuality UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25302 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06062011-145836/ |