SAIFAC: Research paper series programme

NUMBER	AUTHOR	TITLE	DETAILS OF PUBLICATION
RPS No. 1	Godfrey Musila	Challenges in Establishing the Accountability of Child Soldiers for Human Rights Violations: Restorative Justice as an Option	(2005) 5 African Human Rights Law Journal 321-334
RPS No. 2	Kealeboga Bojosi	Botswana Abolishes Marital Power: A Commentary on Some Interesting Aspects of the Abolition of Marital Power Act	(2007) 123 South African Law Journal 12-23
RPS No. 3	George Mukundi	Enforcement of the Recommendations of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights	Paper presented at Advanced Course on the International Protection of Human Rights, Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, Finland (August 2005)
RPS No. 4	Godfrey Musila	Child Soldiers: Challenges in Establishing their Accountability and the Sierra Leone Experience	Paper presented at International Conference on Human Rights in Africa, University of Johannesburg (September 2005)

RPS No. 5	George Mukundi	The Role of Courts in Protecting Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Land and Resources	Paper presented at a workshop on Courts and the Marginalized: Comparative Experiences, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile (December 2005)
RPS No. 6	Solomon Dersso	Peoples’ Rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: Much Ado about Nothing? Download here>>>	Unpublished
RPS No. 7	Dario Milo, Glenn Penfold and Anthony Stein	Freedom of Expression	Stu Woolman et al Constitutional Law of South Africa 2ed (2008) Chapter 42
RPS No. 8	Nico Horn	Interpreting the Interpreters: An Analytical Study of Different Interpretative Models in Namibian Constitutional Jurisprudence	SAIFAC Research Sabbatical Fellowship Research Paper
RPS No. 9	Theunis Roux	Democracy	Chapter in Stu Woolman et al (eds) Constitutional Law of South Africa 2ed (Revision Service, July 2006)
RPS No. 10	Edwin Odhiambo Abuya& George Mukundi Wachira	Assessing Asylum Claims in Africa: Missing or Meeting Standards?’	(2006) 53 Netherlands International Law Review 171
RPS No. 11	George Mukundi Wachira	A Critical Examination of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: Towards Strengthening the African System for the Promotion and Protection of Human and Peoples’ Rights	(2006) 4 Judiciary Watch Report (Kenya Section of the International Commission of Jurists, 2006) 1
RPS No. 12	George Mukundi Wachira	The Emerging Discourse of Constitutional Commissions in East Africa	(2006) 5 Judiciary Watch Report, (Kenya Section of the International Commission of Jurists, 2006)
RPS No. 13	Godfrey Musila	The Office of the Attorney General in East Africa: Protecting the Public Interest through Independent Prosecution and Quality Legal Advice Download here>>>	(2006) 5 Judiciary Watch Report (Kenya Section of the International Commission of Jurists, 2006)
RPS No. 14	Kealeboga N Bojosi & George Mukundi Wachira	Protecting Indigenous Peoples in Africa: An Analysis of the Approach of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights	(2006) 6 African Human Rights Law Journal 382
RPS No. 15	George Mukundi Wachira & Abiola Ayinla	Twenty Years of Elusive Enforcement of the Recommendations of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: A Possible Remedy	(2006) 6 African Human Rights Law Journal 465
RPS No. 16	Godfrey Musila	The Right to an Effective Remedy under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights	(2006) 6 African Human Rights Law Journal 442
RPS No. 17	Solomon Dersso	The Jurisprudence of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights with Respect to Peoples’ Rights	(2006) 6 African Human Rights Law Journal 358
RPS No. 18	Charles Manga Fombad	Challenges to Constitutionalism and Constitutional Rights in Africa and the Enabling Role of Political Parties: Lessons and Perspectives from Southern Africa Download here>>>	(2007) 55 American Journal of Comparative Law
RPS No. 19	Theunis Roux	Land Restitution and Reconciliation in South Africa Download here>>>	Chapter in Antje du Bois Pedain and Francois du Bois Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
RPS No. 20	Godfrey Musila	The New Promise of International Criminal Law Download here>>>	SAIFAC Doctoral Fellowship seminar, Johannesburg (March 2006)
RPS No. 21	Solomon Dersso	Minorities and International Law Download here>>>	SAIFAC Doctoral Fellowship Seminar, Johannesburg (May 2006)
RPS No. 22	Nomthandazo Ntlama	The Equality Act: A Tool for Social Change in Promoting Gender Equality Donwnload here>>>	Paper presented at the Law Society of the Northern Provinces Conference on The Improvement of the Quality of Life, Status, Justice and Constitutional Development of Women, Pretoria (August 2006)
RPS No. 23	Nomthandazo Ntlama	The Limitations of Law in Generating Social Change	Paper presented at the University of Fort Hare conference on Law and Transformative Justice in Post- Apartheid South Africa, East London (October 2006)
RPS No. 24	Godfrey Musila	The Participation of Victims in the International Criminal Court and the Question of Reparations Download here>>>	Paper presented at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting International Justice Seminar, Johannesburg (October 2006)
RPS No. 25	George Mukundi Wachira	A Critical Analysis of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Download here>>>	Paper presented at the ICJ-Kenya International Litigation workshop on A Critical Assessment of Public Interest Litigation Strategies in Africa, Banjul, The Gambia (November 2006)
RPS No. 26	Solomon Dersso	The Minorities Question in Africa: Inquiry into its Nature, Manifestations and Origin	Paper presented at a University of the Witwatersrand Law School PhD candidates' seminar (November 2006)
RPS No. 27	Amelia Vukeya	The Superior Courts Bill in Comparative Perspective	Draft submission to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development (June 2006)

RPS No. 28	Theunis Roux	Tactical Adjudication: How the Constitutional Court Survived its First Decade	Chapter in Catherine Jenkins, Karthy Govender and Max du Plessis (eds) Law, Nation-building and Transformation (Human Sciences Research Council Press, forthcoming 2008)
RPS No. 29	David Bilchitz	Towards a Theory of Content for Socio-Economic Rights	Unpublished paper summarising argument in David Bilchitz Poverty and Fundamental Rights: The Justification and Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights (OUP, 2007)
RPS No. 30	Solomon Dersso	The Protection of Minorities under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: Opportunities and Challenges Download here>>>
RPS No. 31	Godfrey Musila	Victims in Domestic Criminal Justice Systems: Some Lessons for the ICC	Unpublished
RPSNo. 32	Enyinna Nwauche	The Public Interest in South African Copyright Law Download here>>>	SAIFAC Research Sabbatical Fellowship Research Paper
RPS No. 33	Theunis Roux	Review of AJ van der Walt Constitutional Property Law	(2007) 22 Stellenbosch Law Review 207
RPS No. 34	Solomon Dersso	The Role of Courts in the Development of the Common Law under s 39(2): Masiya v Director of Public Prosecutions Pretoria Download here>>>	(2007) 23 South African Journal on Human Rights 373-385
RPS No. 35	Solomon Dersso	Peoples’ Rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: Much ado about nothing?	Unpublished
RPS No. 36	Godfrey Musila	United States of Africa: Positioning the Pan African Parliament and African Court of Justice in the Political Union Debate	Unpublished
RPS No. 37	David Bilchitz & Melanie Judge	For Whom Does the Bell Toll? The Challenges and Possibilities the Civil Union Act Creates for Family Law in South Africa	(2007) 23 South African Journal on Human Rights 466-499
RPS No. 38	Solomon Dersso	Minority Rights under Law: From Liberal Individualism to Multiculturalism and Beyond Download here>>>	Paper presented at the Law & Society Annual Conference, Berlin (July 2007)
RPS No. 39	Theunis Roux	The Arbitrary Deprivation Vortex: Constitutional Property Law after FNB Download here>>>	Chapter in Stu Woolman and Michael Bishop (eds) Constitutional Conversations (Pretoria University Law Press, forthcoming 2008)
RPS No. 40	Theunis Roux	The Principle of Democracy in South African Constitutional Law	Chapter in Stu Woolman and Michael Bishop (eds) Constitutional Conversations (Pretoria University Law Press, forthcoming 2008)
RPS No. 41	Theunis Roux	The Dignity of Comparative Constitutional Law Download here>>>	2008 Acta Juridica (forthcoming)
RPS No. 42	Loretta Feris	Constitutional Environmental Rights: An Underutilised Resource Download here>>>	SAIFAC Exit Seminar Research Paper, June 2007.
RPS No. 43	Theunis Roux	Principle and Pragmatism on the Constitutional Court of South Africa Download here>>>	(2009) 7 International Journal of Constitutional Law (forthcoming)
RPS No. 44	Rizine Robert Mzikamanda	The Place of the Independence of the Judiciary and the Rule of Law in Democratic, Sub-Saharan Africa Download here>>>	SAIFAC Exit Seminar Research Paper, November 2007.
RPS No. 45	Stu Woolman	The Amazing Vanishing Bill of Rights	(2007) 124 South African Law Journal 762-794
RPS No. 46	Sebastian Seedorf	Jurisdiction	Chapter in Stu Woolman et al (eds) Constitutional Law of South Africa 2ed (Revision Service, forthcoming 2008) Chapter 4
RPS No. 47	David Bilchitz	Taking Socio-Economic Rights Seriously:The Substantive and Procedural Implications	Chapter in Geraldine van Bueren (ed) Freedom from Poverty (United Nations/OUP, forthcoming, 2008)
RPS No. 48	Redson Kapindu	Review of Rachel Murray ‘The Role of National Human Rights Institutions at the International and Regional Levels: The Experience of Africa’	Book Review, (2008) 125 South African Law Journal (forthcoming)
RPS No. 49	Mmatsie Mooki	The African Regional Courts and their Role in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: The Southern African Community Development Tribunal	(2007) 6 Judiciary Watch Report (Kenya section of the International Commission of Jurists)
RPS No. 50	George Mukundi Wachira	Sovereignty and the ‘United States of Africa’: Insights from the EU	(2007) Institute for Security Studies Paper No 144
RPS No. 51	George Mukundi Wachira	Rwanda	Institute for Security Studies Country Profiles, 2007
RPS No. 52	George Mukundi Wachira	The Gambia	Institute for Security Studies Country Profiles, 2007
RPS No. 53	George Mukundi Wachira	Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Land and Natural Resources in Africa	Chapter in Solomon Dersso et al (eds) Minority and Indigenous Rights in Africa (Pretoria University Law Press, forthcoming 2008)
RPS No. 54	George Mukundi Wachira	Human Rights in Africa: 10 Years since the Adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter Establishing the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights	Minority Rights Group International, London (forthcoming 2008)
RPS No. 55	George Mukundi Wachira	The Role of Courts in Protecting Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Land and Resources in Kenya and South Africa	(2008) 14 East African Journal of Human Rights and Peace (forthcoming)
RPS No. 56	Solomon Dersso	The Role of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights and the African Court in the Promotion of Human Security in Africa	Study paper prepared for the African Security Analysis Programme of the Institute for Security Studies (forthcoming, 2008)
RPS No. 57	Solomon Dersso	The Right to Self-determination, Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Africa	Chapter in Solomon Dersso et al (eds) Minority and Indigenous Rights in Africa (Pretoria University Law Press, forthcoming 2008)
RPS No. 58	Solomon Dersso	The Socio-historical and Political Processes Leading to the Emergence of the Discourse on Minorities	Chapter in Solomon Dersso et al (eds) Minority and Indigenous Rights in Africa (Pretoria University Law Press, forthcoming 2008)
RPS No. 59	Solomon Dersso	The Problem of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Africa: An Analytical Framework for a Coherent Conceptualisation of the Norms and Protection Mechanisms in Africa	Chapter in Solomon Dersso et al (eds) Minority and Indigenous Rights in Africa (Pretoria University Law Press, forthcoming 2008)
RPS No. 60	Godfrey Musila	Review of Robert Muggah & Edward Mogire (eds.), ‘No refuge: The crisis of refugee militarization in Africa’ Download here>>>	Book Review, ISS African Security Review 2007