2006 Archive of Front Page News
December 2006
George Mukundi Wachira participates in the 4 th Global Alliance on Justice Education Conference in Cordoba, Argentina.
November 2006
Solomon Dersso presents draft thesis chapter on ‘The Minorities Question in Africa: Locating Its Context and Understanding its Nature ' at a University of the Witwatersrand Law School PhD candidates' seminar (November 2006). Download copy of draft thesis chapter here.
November 2006
George Mukundi Wachira presents paper on ‘ A Critical Analysis of the African Court on Human and People's Rights' at the ICJ-Kenya International Litigation workshop on A Critical Assessment of Public Interest Litigation Strategies in Africa , Banjul, The Gambia. Download copy of paper here.
November 2006
Godfrey Musila participates in an ICRC-sponsored Advanced Seminar in International Humanitarian Law for African Academics , Pretoria.
November 2006
Theunis Roux presents paper on ‘Land Restitution and Reconciliation in South Africa' at a special event on Transitional Justice in South Africa , University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (November 2006). Download copy of paper here.
November 2006
David Bilchitz appointed as a Senior Researcher at SAIFAC to commence work in January 2007. David has a PhD from the University of Cambridge, and a BA (Hons) LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand. His doctoral dissertation, on Poverty and Fundamental Rights: The Justification and Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights , will be published by Oxford University Press in 2007
November 2006
Mmatsie Mooki of North-West University awarded Doctoral Fellowship to study towards a PhD degree on Legal Access to Abortion in SADC from a Reproductive and Sexual Health Perspective: A Need for Reform? Mmatsie has a BIuris (cum laude) from Vista University, a LLB from Free State University, and a LLM from the University of Pretoria.
October 2006
Stuart Woolman joins SAIFAC as a Research Associate. Stu is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Pretoria, and the Editor in Chief of the second edition of Constitutional Law of South Africa . In addition to his editorial work on CLoSA , he is currently reading for a doctoral degree at the University of Pretoria.
October 2006
Muzi Sikhakhane of the Johannesburg Bar presents second SAHRC/SAIFAC seminar on Recent Constitutional Court Judgments. The topic for this seminar is the Doctors for Life and Matatiele decisions (legislature's duty to facilitate public involvement in its processes). Download copy of seminar presentation here.
October 2006
Nomthandazo Ntlama presents paper on ‘The Limitation of Law in Generating Social Change' at the University of Fort Hare conference on Law and Transformative Justice in Post-Apartheid South Africa , East London.
October 2006
Godfrey Musila attends Marie Curie Research Course at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, The Hague.
October 2006
Godfrey Musila presents paper on ‘ The Participation of Victims in the International Criminal Court and the Question of Reparations' at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting International Justice Seminar , Johannesburg. Download copy of paper here.
September 2006
George Mukundi Wachira participates in a training workshop on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples' Issues: Rights and Good Practices organised by the Project to Promote ILO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (PRO 169), Turin, Italy.
Solomon Dersso presents paper on ‘ Peoples' rights of the African Charter: Interrogating their applicability to minority situations' at Advanced Course on Human Rights, Abo Akademi University, Finland. Download copy of paper here.
September 2006
SAIFAC Doctoral Fellow Godfrey Musila selected to attend the VI International Human Rights Colloquium: Strengthening Human Rights in the South in São Paulo, Brazil (November 2006). Read more at: www.conectas.org/coloquio.
September 2006
Roberto Gargarella, Pilar Domingo and Theunis Roux (eds) Courts and Social Transformation in New Democracies: An Institutional Voice for the Poor? (ISBN 0-7546-4783-8) published by Ashgate. Search for more on this publication at www.ashgate.com
September 2006
Theunis Roux attends meeting of IACL Executive Committee and Roundtable Conference in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Universal Suffrage and the Eligibility of Women in Finland. Read more here.
September 2006
SAIFAC Doctoral Fellow Solomon Dersso presents paper on ‘The Jurisprudence of the African Commission on Peoples’ Rights of the African Charter’ at the International Human Rights Conference, Addis Ababa, 2 September 2006. Download copy of paper here.
September 2006
SAIFAC Doctoral Fellow Godfrey Musila presents paper on ‘The Right to an Effective Remedy under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ at the International Human Rights Conference, Addis Ababa, 2 September 2006. Download copy of paper here.
August 2006
SAIFAC and the South African Human Rights Commission host joint seminar on the Constitutional Court ’s judgment in the Fourie case (on same-sex marriages). Download presentation made by Beth Goldblatt of the Centre of Applied Legal Studies here.
August 2006
New SAIFAC Sabbatical Fellow, Jean Desire Ingange-wa-Ingange, arrives for a three-month visit. Mr Ingange-wa-Ingange, who is from the Democratic Republic of Congo, will be conducting research towards his doctoral proposal on the African human rights system in international law.
August 2006
SAIFAC Doctoral Fellows Kealeboga Bojosi and Solomon Dersso attend Advanced Course on Human Rights Protection in Africa, Abo Akademi University, Finland. Download paper presented by Solomon Dersso on ‘People’s Rights of the African Charter: Interrogating their Applicability to Minority Situations’ here.
August 2006
SAIFAC Doctoral Fellow Godfrey Musila completes last month of three-month appointment as sessional lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand.
August 2006
Part-time Postgraduate Fellow Nomthandazo Ntlama presents paper on ‘The Equality Act: A Tool for Social Change in Promoting Gender Equality’ at the Law Society of the Northern Provinces Conference on The Improvement of the Quality of Life, Status, Justice and Constitutional Development of Women (1-2 August 2006). Download copy of paper here.
July 2006
Nedbank-sponsored LLM Studentships awarded to David Maphakela and Mduduzi Skhosana. Read more about LLM Studentships.
July 2006
Research Sabbatical Fellow Prof Charles Manga Fombad presents a paper on ‘Challenges to Constitutionalism and Constitutional Rights in Africa and the Enabling Role of Political Parties’. Download a draft copy of the paper (147kb PDF).
July 2006
Final programme for the International Association of Constitutional Law VIIth World Congress released. View the conference website.
June - July 2006
Ryan Babiuch, a graduate student from the University of Michigan, spends two months at SAIFAC working as a short-term research intern.
June 2006
Theunis Roux presents paper on ‘Baker v Carr in South Africa or How Political Questions Become Legal Questions’ at the Institute of Africa Studies Multidisciplinary Colloquium on 10 Years of the Constitution, University of Cape Town. Download presentation (201kb PDF).
June 2006
Part-time Postgraduate Fellow, Mlungisi Tenza, spends three weeks at SAIFAC refining his PhD proposal on ‘Labour Rights as Socio-Economic Rights in the 1996 South African Constitution’. Download abstract of proposal (7kb PDF).
June 2006
SAIFAC receives grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation towards its Doctoral Fellowship and Research Sabbatical Programmes. Read more about these programmes here.
May 2006
George Mukundi and Kealeboga Bojosi participate in panel discussion on ‘The concept of indigenous peoples in Africa’, LLM in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria.
May 2006
George Mukundi participates in Brainstorming Session on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the African Union, Banjul, The Gambia.
May 2006
SAIFAC doctoral fellows George Mukundi and Kealeboga Bojosi, successfully defend their doctoral proposals in an oral examination at the University of Pretoria. Amongst the four examiners is the distinguished American indigenous rights scholar, Professor James Anaya. Download thesis proposals (72kb PDF).
May 2006
Solomon Dersso presents seminar at SAIFAC on ‘Minorities and International Law’. Download draft thesis chapter (201kb PDF).
March - May 2006
Part-time Postgraduate Fellow Nomthandazo Ntlama spends three months at SAIFAC working on her PhD proposal on ‘The Role of the Magistrates’ Courts in Promoting Gender Equality: A Case Study of the Eastern Cape’. Download the abstract of this proposal (9kb PDF).
March 2006
Godfrey Musila presents seminar at SAIFAC on 'The New Promise of International Criminal Law'. Download draft doctoral thesis chapter (133kb PDF).
March 2006
SAIFAC co-hosts a Public Lecture Series on South African Constitutional Law with the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria. View the conference website.