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A comparative analysis between the EU charter of fundamental rights and the SADC charter of fundamental social rights

Mini Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2016.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/57167 A comparative analysis between the EU charter of fundamental rights and the SADC charter of fundamental social rights Smit, P.A. leanivanzyl@hotmail.com Van Zyl, Leani UCTD Mini Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2016. Every citizen within both the EU (European Union) and the South African Development Community (SADC) region is entitled to have their fundamental social rights protected and promoted. Therefore, both the EU and SADC established social protection instruments, of which the EU s Charter of Fundamental Rights (EU Charter) and SADC s Charter of Fundamental Social Rights (SADC Charter) form a part. Questions of whether or not these charters are achieving their goals led to the main objective of this mini-dissertation, which was to compare the status of the EU Charter to the status of the SADC Charter within each respective regional architecture, identify similarities and differences in terms of content of both charters, and compare how the EU and SADC go about implementing and complying with their respective charter. A comparative analysis was conducted by comparing relevant, accessible information in order to synthesize findings which revealed that the status of the EU Charter is more prominent than that of the SADC Charter, although both have legal status. The EU Charter aids the achievement of the EU s goals, and ensures social rights are visible and safeguarded for EU citizens through effective implementation. The SADC Charter does not create social rights visibility, as it lacks enforcement mechanisms. The content of both charters consolidates previous scattered rights within their regions into one comprehensive document. The EU Charter seems to be more comprehensive than the SADC Charter. Yet, regardless of the comprehensiveness of the charters, they have a similar goal, which is to protect citizen s fundamental rights. The EU Charter seems to be more successful than the SADC Charter, which, in its current status, can be viewed as only a paper tiger. tm2016 Human Resource Management MCom Unrestricted 2016-10-14T07:31:14Z 2016-10-14T07:31:14Z 2016/09/02 2016 Mini Dissertation Van Zyl, L 2016, A comparative analysis between the EU charter of fundamental rights and the SADC charter of fundamental social rights, MCom Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57167> S2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57167 en © 2016 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
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A comparative analysis between the EU charter of fundamental rights and the SADC charter of fundamental social rights
title A comparative analysis between the EU charter of fundamental rights and the SADC charter of fundamental social rights
title_full A comparative analysis between the EU charter of fundamental rights and the SADC charter of fundamental social rights
title_fullStr A comparative analysis between the EU charter of fundamental rights and the SADC charter of fundamental social rights
title_full_unstemmed A comparative analysis between the EU charter of fundamental rights and the SADC charter of fundamental social rights
title_short A comparative analysis between the EU charter of fundamental rights and the SADC charter of fundamental social rights
title_sort comparative analysis between the eu charter of fundamental rights and the sadc charter of fundamental social rights
topic UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57167