International legal protection of women's reproductive rights: a comparative analysis of abortion laws and policies in four jurisdictions-Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and U.S.A.
- Authors: Abiodun, Adeleke Funminiyi
- Date: 2010-10
- Subjects: Abortion -- Law and legislation , Reproductive right
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/25839 , vital:64491
- Description: The subject matter of abortion law is extremely broad and multi-disciplinary. While naturally having its basis in criminal and constitutional law of individual states, the global development of abortion discourse has been influenced by the need to protect the reproductive rights of women as a sub-set of international human rights laws; thereby advocating not only the decriminalisation of abortion but also, that individual State should take affirmative actions in promoting abortion as a right for every woman. However, that induced abortion is a punishable criminal act or a “protectable” woman’s reproductive right remains controversial due to the plethora of perspectives, beliefs and reservations held by different groups of people which are multi-dimensional and contradictory. This thesis therefore attempts a comparative study of abortion laws and policies in four jurisdictions: Nigeria and Ghana, operating criminalised abortion laws, South Africa and United States which operate liberalised/permissive abortion laws and policies. The study basically examines the legal status and reproductive rights of women to legal and safe abortion within the existing legal framework of national laws of the four selected jurisdictions vis-à-vis the legal protection offered by various international instruments on human rights. While we show that strict and restrictive abortion laws, and also, failure of States to create conditions for safe abortion constitute infractions of the reproductive rights of women, we submit further that over-liberalisation of abortion laws and policies could also amount to infringement of the basic rights of other people, thus there is need to ensure a legal and acceptable balance. The study finally acknowledges the role of international human rights laws in the protection of women’s right to legal and safe abortion but asserts that there can be no universally acceptable morality to which the whole world could subsume in term of women’s right to abortion due to the interplay of socio-cultural, religious, and moral affiliations of the people in different communities. , Thesis (LLD) -- Faculty of Law, 2010
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- Date Issued: 2010-10
- Authors: Abiodun, Adeleke Funminiyi
- Date: 2010-10
- Subjects: Abortion -- Law and legislation , Reproductive right
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/25839 , vital:64491
- Description: The subject matter of abortion law is extremely broad and multi-disciplinary. While naturally having its basis in criminal and constitutional law of individual states, the global development of abortion discourse has been influenced by the need to protect the reproductive rights of women as a sub-set of international human rights laws; thereby advocating not only the decriminalisation of abortion but also, that individual State should take affirmative actions in promoting abortion as a right for every woman. However, that induced abortion is a punishable criminal act or a “protectable” woman’s reproductive right remains controversial due to the plethora of perspectives, beliefs and reservations held by different groups of people which are multi-dimensional and contradictory. This thesis therefore attempts a comparative study of abortion laws and policies in four jurisdictions: Nigeria and Ghana, operating criminalised abortion laws, South Africa and United States which operate liberalised/permissive abortion laws and policies. The study basically examines the legal status and reproductive rights of women to legal and safe abortion within the existing legal framework of national laws of the four selected jurisdictions vis-à-vis the legal protection offered by various international instruments on human rights. While we show that strict and restrictive abortion laws, and also, failure of States to create conditions for safe abortion constitute infractions of the reproductive rights of women, we submit further that over-liberalisation of abortion laws and policies could also amount to infringement of the basic rights of other people, thus there is need to ensure a legal and acceptable balance. The study finally acknowledges the role of international human rights laws in the protection of women’s right to legal and safe abortion but asserts that there can be no universally acceptable morality to which the whole world could subsume in term of women’s right to abortion due to the interplay of socio-cultural, religious, and moral affiliations of the people in different communities. , Thesis (LLD) -- Faculty of Law, 2010
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- Date Issued: 2010-10
Making Sense of New Testament Theology: TNT 501
- Authors: Chetty, Irvin G
- Date: 2010-10
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18179 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011127
- Description: Making Sense of New Testament Theology: TNT 501, honours degree examination November 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-10
- Authors: Chetty, Irvin G
- Date: 2010-10
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18179 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011127
- Description: Making Sense of New Testament Theology: TNT 501, honours degree examination November 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-10
Selected Topics from Khoisan Tradition and History, Methods of Oral History and Material Culture, Advanced Studies in Physical Anthropology: ANT 523
- Authors: Komanisi, M P , Lamla, C M
- Date: 2010-10
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18363 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011493
- Description: Selected Topics from Khoisan Tradition and History, Methods of Oral History and Material Culture, Advanced Studies in Physical Anthropology: ANT 523, honours examination November/December 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-10
- Authors: Komanisi, M P , Lamla, C M
- Date: 2010-10
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18363 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011493
- Description: Selected Topics from Khoisan Tradition and History, Methods of Oral History and Material Culture, Advanced Studies in Physical Anthropology: ANT 523, honours examination November/December 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-10
Subtropical Fruits: AGH 422
- Authors: Brutsch, M O , Soundy, P
- Date: 2010-10
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17585 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1009932
- Description: Subtropical Fruits: AGH 422, degree examination October/November 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-10
- Authors: Brutsch, M O , Soundy, P
- Date: 2010-10
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17585 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1009932
- Description: Subtropical Fruits: AGH 422, degree examination October/November 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-10
Techniques of Population Analysis: SOC 522
- Authors: Duma, V , Makhanya, M
- Date: 2010-10
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17977 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010549
- Description: Techniques of Population Analysis: SOC 522, honours examination October/November 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-10
- Authors: Duma, V , Makhanya, M
- Date: 2010-10
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17977 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010549
- Description: Techniques of Population Analysis: SOC 522, honours examination October/November 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-10
Worship in African Context: TNT 121
- Afari-Twumasi, L, Chetty, Irvin G
- Authors: Afari-Twumasi, L , Chetty, Irvin G
- Date: 2010-10
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18177 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011125
- Description: Worship in African Context: TNT 121, degree examination November 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-10
- Authors: Afari-Twumasi, L , Chetty, Irvin G
- Date: 2010-10
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18177 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011125
- Description: Worship in African Context: TNT 121, degree examination November 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-10
Address at the opening of the Community Engagement week
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2010-09-13
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7757 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015911
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- Date Issued: 2010-09-13
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2010-09-13
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7757 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015911
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- Date Issued: 2010-09-13
Southern Africa Institute of Management Scientists: welcome and Opening
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2010-09-13
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7759 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015913
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- Date Issued: 2010-09-13
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2010-09-13
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7759 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015913
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- Date Issued: 2010-09-13
Soil Physics: AGS 422
- Wakindiki, I I C, Materechera, S
- Authors: Wakindiki, I I C , Materechera, S
- Date: 2010-09
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17725 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010138
- Description: Soil Physics: AGS 422, supplementary examination November/December 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-09
- Authors: Wakindiki, I I C , Materechera, S
- Date: 2010-09
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17725 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010138
- Description: Soil Physics: AGS 422, supplementary examination November/December 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-09
Advanced Personnel Psychology: IPS 512
- Nel, P, Nel, A, Stander, M W
- Authors: Nel, P , Nel, A , Stander, M W
- Date: 2010-08
- Subjects: Industrial psychology
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17480 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010421
- Description: Advanced Personnel Psychology: IPS 512, Supplementary examination August 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-08
- Authors: Nel, P , Nel, A , Stander, M W
- Date: 2010-08
- Subjects: Industrial psychology
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17480 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010421
- Description: Advanced Personnel Psychology: IPS 512, Supplementary examination August 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-08
Advanced Personnel Psychology: IPS 512
- Nel, P, Nel, A, Stander, M. W
- Authors: Nel, P , Nel, A , Stander, M. W
- Date: 2010-08
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17481 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010445
- Description: Advanced Personnel Psychology: IPS 512, Honours degree supplementary examination, August 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-08
- Authors: Nel, P , Nel, A , Stander, M. W
- Date: 2010-08
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17481 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010445
- Description: Advanced Personnel Psychology: IPS 512, Honours degree supplementary examination, August 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-08
An Introduction to Documents of Christian Scripture: TNT 111
- Chetty, Irvin, G, Oosthuizen, R
- Authors: Chetty, Irvin, G , Oosthuizen, R
- Date: 2010-08
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18123 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011016
- Description: Documents of Christian Scripture; an Introduction: TNT 111, examination August 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-08
- Authors: Chetty, Irvin, G , Oosthuizen, R
- Date: 2010-08
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18123 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011016
- Description: Documents of Christian Scripture; an Introduction: TNT 111, examination August 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-08
Anthropological Schools of Thoughts and an Introduction to Fieldwork: ANT 311
- Komanisi, M P, Myaluza-Masini, N, Moderator
- Authors: Komanisi, M P , Myaluza-Masini, N , Moderator
- Date: 2010-08
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18345 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011474
- Description: Anthropological Schools of Thoughts and an Introduction to Fieldwork: ANT 311, supplementary examination July/August 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-08
- Authors: Komanisi, M P , Myaluza-Masini, N , Moderator
- Date: 2010-08
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18345 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011474
- Description: Anthropological Schools of Thoughts and an Introduction to Fieldwork: ANT 311, supplementary examination July/August 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-08
Biochemistry Honours: BCH 514
- Bradley, G, Mazomba, N, Wilhelmi, B
- Authors: Bradley, G , Mazomba, N , Wilhelmi, B
- Date: 2010-08
- Subjects: Biochemistry
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17849 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010477
- Description: Biochemistry Honours: BCH 514, supplementary examination August 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-08
- Authors: Bradley, G , Mazomba, N , Wilhelmi, B
- Date: 2010-08
- Subjects: Biochemistry
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17849 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010477
- Description: Biochemistry Honours: BCH 514, supplementary examination August 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-08
Plant Cell Structure & Metabolism/Anatomy/Genetics: BOT 111
- Buwa, L, Magwa, M L, Mhinana, Z M
- Authors: Buwa, L , Magwa, M L , Mhinana, Z M
- Date: 2010-08
- Subjects: Botany
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17729 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010177
- Description: Plant Cell Structure & Metabolism/Anatomy/Genetics: BOT 111, supplementary examination August 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-08
- Authors: Buwa, L , Magwa, M L , Mhinana, Z M
- Date: 2010-08
- Subjects: Botany
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17729 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010177
- Description: Plant Cell Structure & Metabolism/Anatomy/Genetics: BOT 111, supplementary examination August 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-08
Research Methodology: IPS 515
- Authors: Nel, A , Bosman, L
- Date: 2010-08
- Subjects: Psychology, Industrial
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17482 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010447
- Description: Research Methodology: IPS 515, Honours degree supplementary examination August 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-08
- Authors: Nel, A , Bosman, L
- Date: 2010-08
- Subjects: Psychology, Industrial
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17482 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010447
- Description: Research Methodology: IPS 515, Honours degree supplementary examination August 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-08
From Subject to Citizen: How far have we come?
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2010-07-26
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7760 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015914
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- Date Issued: 2010-07-26
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2010-07-26
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7760 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015914
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- Date Issued: 2010-07-26
Critical Reflections on post-2006 Institutional Planning at Rhodes (first draft)
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2010-07-20
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7782 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015937
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- Date Issued: 2010-07-20
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2010-07-20
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7782 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015937
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- Date Issued: 2010-07-20
Welcome and opening address at the 14th Highway Africa Conference
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2010-07-05
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7758 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015912
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- Date Issued: 2010-07-05
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2010-07-05
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7758 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015912
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- Date Issued: 2010-07-05
Academic Management and Reasoning: APR 111F
- Authors: Siziba, L P , Ndhlovu, K
- Date: 2010-07
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18256 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011250
- Description: Academic Management and Reasoning: APR 111F, Supplementary examination July 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-07
- Authors: Siziba, L P , Ndhlovu, K
- Date: 2010-07
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18256 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011250
- Description: Academic Management and Reasoning: APR 111F, Supplementary examination July 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-07