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Pazaropoulos-Koot, StellaMahommed, SafiaPienaar, Letitia(South African Medical Association (SAMA), 2025-04)
Managing and treating rare diseases is a global concern, largely because of their rarity and the complexities associated with their care.Robust ethico-legal frameworks governing rare diseases are essential as they establish ...
Insanity as a defence against criminal conduct has been known since antiquity. Going through significant reformulations across centuries, different jurisdictions across the globe, including Nigeria, have come to adopt ...
This contribution examines the human rights framework and legislative developments in South Africa on persons with mental illness, revealing that the initial focus of the legislation was on control and detention at the ...
Under the South African criminal justice system, mentally ill persons in conflict with the law spend long periods awaiting forensic assessment, owing to resource shortages (staff and available beds). Accused persons awaiting ...
South Africa has among the highest rates of sexual violence in the world and this is despite having the most inclusive legislative framework protecting women’s rights. This paper will look at why legal development alone ...
Deane, Tameshnie(Bridgewater State University, 2018-01)
Despite having one of the most inclusive and progressive constitutions in the world, South
Africa (SA) has one of the highest rates of sexual offences globally. This article measures the extent of sexual violence, causes, ...
Deane, Tameshnie(Africa Institute of South Africa, 2017-06)
High levels of human trafficking remain a serious cause for concern, both globally and in many regions. On the African continent, Southern African countries, specifically South Africa, and countries in West Africa, are ...
Deane, TameshnieDeane, Tameshnie(Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2021-06)
Over a decade after the end of the conflict in Sri Lanka that saw mass atrocities being committed, reconciliation remains elusive. Traditional processes alone are inadequate in transforming relationships of antagonism into ...
Child marriages is a harmful and discriminatory global practice, robbing millions of girls of their childhood. Global attention and momentum to end early marriage has increased over the years however, the impact of the ...
An accused, who is unable to follow the criminal proceedings against him/
her on account of mental illness or intellectual disability, could be found
unfit to stand trial. Whether the individual is indeed unfit is ...
Pienaar, Letitia(South African journal of Criminal Justice, 2018-08)
Section 77 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 sets out the orders that a court can make after finding an accused unfit to stand trial on account of his mental illness or intellectual disability. All the orders result ...
Pienaar, Letitia(South African Journal on Human Rights, 2014)
The interplay between the constitutional right to privacy and the right to access to
information constitute the parameters within which the issue of access to a child’s
medical records is explored. The Children’s Act and ...
The article focuses on the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act (Act 116 of 1998) at the Johannesburg Family
Court for the period March to December 2004 by examining a sample of case files. The author examines who ...
Naidoo, Kamban(Faculty of Law, North-West University, 2017)
Hate crimes are crimes that are motivated by personal prejudice or bias. Hate-crime laws criminalise such conduct and allow for the imposition of aggravated penalties on convicted perpetrators. This article examines the ...