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Law and silence of intersex status: a threat to human rights in Botswana
Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/62552 Law and silence of intersex status: a threat to human rights in Botswana Ngwena, Charles kephele@gmail.com Phele, Keikantse Elizabeth UCTD Law theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2017. The topic seeks to investigate the legal recognition of intersex persons in Botswana. The researcher will analyse domestic laws, regional and international laws in trying to locate whether intersex persons in Botswana are equally protected by law. In locating such a place, since intersex has been mainly medicalised and pathologised across the world, an assessment will be made into the health provisions of intersex persons and the health policies and laws in Botswana. An intersection of the health aspects and the right to fundamental human rights, non-discrimination based on sex, as enshrined in the constitution and equality as has been defined by the domestic and regional courts, will be used as a guide to advocate for the rights of intersex persons in Botswana. The researcher will conclude that Botswana has a track record of judicial activism, by way of case law on minority rights hence intersex persons can be protected in the absence of specific laws. The findings of the qualitative research conducted among civil society organisations, will be used to inform the narrative on activism and awareness of intersex human rights issues. It will be concluded that civil society with robust and effective lobbying strategies can be used to inform policy and law reform for intersex human rights. The strategies employed can locate the space at national policy level to accelerate the rights of intersex persons. Recommendations drawn will guide organisations, health professionals and policy makers in addressing and promoting intersex human rights issues locally. Centre for Human Rights LLM Unrestricted 2017-09-29T07:14:06Z 2017-09-29T07:14:06Z 2017-09-06 2017 Mini Dissertation Phele, KE 2017, Law and silence of intersex status: a threat to human rights in Botswana, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62552> S2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62552 en © 2017 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 | UCTD Law theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Law and silence of intersex status: a threat to human rights in Botswana |
| title | Law and silence of intersex status: a threat to human rights in Botswana |
| title_full | Law and silence of intersex status: a threat to human rights in Botswana |
| title_fullStr | Law and silence of intersex status: a threat to human rights in Botswana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Law and silence of intersex status: a threat to human rights in Botswana |
| title_short | Law and silence of intersex status: a threat to human rights in Botswana |
| title_sort | law and silence of intersex status a threat to human rights in botswana |
| topic | UCTD Law theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62552 |