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161	An assessment of South Africa's obligations under the United Nations Convention against torture Ackermann, Marilize January 2010 (has links) Magister Legum - LLM / I attempt to analyze South Africa's legal position pertaining to torture, in relation to the international legal framework. Since it has been established that torture and cruel inhuman and degrading treatment (CIDT) usually occur in situations where persons are deprived of personal liberty, I examine legislation, policies and practices applicable to specific places of detention, such as correctional centres, police custody, repatriation centers, mental health care facilities and child and youth care centers. I establish that although South Africa has ratified the UNCAT and is a signatory to the OPCAT, our legal system greatly lacks in structure and in mechanisms of enforcement, as far as the absolute prohibition and the prevention of torture and other forms of cruel and degrading treatment or punishment are concerned. I submit that South Africa has a special duty to eradicate torture, since many of its citizens and several of its political leaders are actually victims of torture, who suffered severe ill treatment under the apartheid regime. I argue that the South African legal system is sufficiently capable of adopting a zero-tolerance policy toward torture and to incorporate this with the general stance against crime. In many respects, South Africa is an example to other African countries and should strongly condemn all forms of human rights violations, especially torture, since acts of torture are often perpetrated by public officials who abuse their positions of authority. I conclude by making submissions and recommendations for law reform, in light of the obstacles encountered within a South African context. / South Africa Other cruel South Africa Torture Cruel Prohibition Prevention Criminalization Non-refoulement Redress
162	Devenir respectable: une jeunesse populaire féminine au prisme de l'économie intime, Tanger - Maroc / Becoming respectable: the intimate economy of working-class young women in Tangier, Morocco Cheikh, Meriam 01 September 2015 (has links) --- / Doctorat en Sciences politiques et sociales / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished Sociologie Prostitution -- Morocco -- Tangier Sex crimes -- Morocco -- Tangier Prostitution -- Maroc -- Tanger Crimes sexuels -- Maroc -- Tanger Tangier (Morocco) -- Social conditions Tanger (Maroc -- Conditions sociales respectabilité intimate economy youth working class femininity masculinity urban space criminalization becoming adult devenir adulte prostitution respectability
163	Bodies of Evidence: A Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experiences of Female Central American and Mexican Asylum Seekers in Dallas Kober, Ryan K. 05 1900 (has links) This work addresses the experiences of female asylum seekers from Central and Mexico currently living in Dallas, TX. The main purpose is to analyze how these women engage in the gendered processes of both migrating to and accessing legal resources and protection within the United States. As the women move through male-dominated spaces in their home country, the borderlands, and the asylum court they must challenge the patriarchal institutions that attempt to silence their narratives and criminalize their bodies. Their physical wounds become evidence in the courtroom, while outside of the courtroom their movements are monitored and tracked through multiple mechanisms of state control: ankle monitors, detention centers, ICE check-ins. They face intersectional discrimination as they are targeted as both women and immigrants. However, these female asylum seekers are not victims. They constantly display agency as they represent themselves in court, find solace in their faith, and form community with each other. anthropology asylum seekers gender based violence gang violence, criminalization Central America Mexico Anthropology, Cultural Women's Studies Women refugees -- Texas -- Dallas. Women refugees -- Mexico. Women refugees -- Central America. Political refugees -- Texas -- Dallas. Political refugees -- Mexico. Political refugees -- Central America.
164	In Search of Safety, Negotiating Everyday Forms of Risk: Sex Work, Criminalization, and HIV/AIDS in the Slums of Kampala Cruz, Serena 30 October 2015 (has links) This dissertation offers an in-depth descriptive account of how women manage daily risks associated with sex work, criminalization, and HIV/AIDS. Primary data collection took place within two slums in Kampala, Uganda over the course of fourteen months. The emphasis was on ethnographic methodologies involving participant observation and informal and unstructured interviewing. Insights then informed document analysis of international and national policies concerning HIV prevention and treatment strategies in the context of Uganda. The dissertation finds social networks and social capital provide the basis for community formation in the sex trade. It holds that these interpersonal processes are necessary components for how women manage daily risks associated with sex work and criminalization. However, the dissertation also finds that women’s social connections can undermine the strategies they need to manage their HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. This is because current HIV/AIDS policies prioritize individual behavioral change practices that undermine the complex interpersonal activities developed by women to stay alive. In response, this dissertation concludes that social networks are fundamental to the formation of sex work communities and to the survival of women in the sex trade and should be considered in future HIV policies and programs intending to intervene in the HIV epidemic of female commercial sex workers in Kampala, Uganda. HIV AIDS Sex Work Prostitution Criminalization PEPFAR Social Networks Community Social Capital Reciprocity Ethnography Grounded Theory East Africa Uganda Slums African History African Studies Community-Based Research Community Health and Preventive Medicine Comparative Politics Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Gender and Sexuality Health Policy Immunology and Infectious Disease International Public Health International Relations Medicine and Health Other Public Health Public Policy Social and Cultural Anthropology Social Policy Social Work Women's Health

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