On 4 December 2020, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights unanimously held that vagrancy laws and related by-laws are incompatible with the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the Maputo Protocol on the Rights of Women.
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We are excited to announce that our latest report "How transparent are municipal websites about the goods and services that municipalities procure?" is now available.
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The Dullah Omar Institute is pleased to announce that the Head of our Children's Rights Project, Prof Benyam Dawit Mezmur, has been re-elected as a member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
We are delighted to announce that three of our researchers received academic accolades that bear testimony to the high quality of research conducted at the Institute.
The Legacy of Ronald L. Watts Edited By Nico Steytler, Balveer Arora, Rekha Saxena
In keeping with the objects of the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) to promote respect for democracy, constitutionalism and the rule of law in Africa, the 2020 general elections in Tanzania presented a unique opportunity to observe whether these principles were practically implemented in the election processes.
The Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa, has closely followed the developments in Nigeria over the last two weeks, with a particular interest on the human rights situation in the country.
Dr Michelle R. Maziwisa, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, under the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) in Multilevel Government, Law and Development, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Ronald Watts Young Researcher Award.
Find out what activities the Africa Criminal Justice Reform, Applied Constitutional Studies Laboratory, Children’s Rights Project, Socio-Economic Rights Project, Womxn and Democracy Initiative, as well as the South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development have been involved in last year and over the past five years
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