This research seeks to contribute to the debate on the state infringing upon the responsibilities and rights of parents with regards to the reproductive health of their children. The qualitative method of research is used. The researcher analysed the right of the child to participate in conjunction with best interests of the child, as well as the reproductive rights of children. Furthermore, the argument is based on the provisions of the South African legislation that deals with the reproductive rights of children. This legislation includes the Children's Act 38 of 2005 and the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996. The crux of the discussion is on access to contraceptives provided to children without parental consent, as it is provided for in section 134 of the Children's Act 38 of 2005, as well as the lack of consent needed in the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996 for a girl with no specification of age. The debate is on the fact that the responsibilities and rights that parents have towards their children are not considered. They are not involved in the major decisions that the children who are under their care and guidance have to make. Due to this finding, it has been recommended that it is very imperative to allow the parents to be involved in matters that pertain to their children's reproductive rights. This means that as children are informed about their reproductive rights, the parents must be involved as well, so as to make informed decisions relevant to the issues that their children encounter. / LLM (Comparative Child Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

This research seeks to contribute to the debate on the state infringing upon the responsibilities and rights of parents with regards to the reproductive health of their children. The qualitative method of research is used. The researcher analysed the right of the child to participate in conjunction with best interests of the child, as well as the reproductive rights of children. Furthermore, the argument is based on the provisions of the South African legislation that deals with the reproductive rights of children. This legislation includes the Children's Act 38 of 2005 and the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996. The crux of the discussion is on access to contraceptives provided to children without parental consent, as it is provided for in section 134 of the Children's Act 38 of 2005, as well as the lack of consent needed in the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996 for a girl with no specification of age. The debate is on the fact that the responsibilities and rights that parents have towards their children are not considered. They are not involved in the major decisions that the children who are under their care and guidance have to make. Due to this finding, it has been recommended that it is very imperative to allow the parents to be involved in matters that pertain to their children's reproductive rights. This means that as children are informed about their reproductive rights, the parents must be involved as well, so as to make informed decisions relevant to the issues that their children encounter. / LLM (Comparative Child Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Published Article / This article discusses the developments and factors that impact on the external audit function, and analyses the role that an effectively functioning audit committee can play in supporting the external auditor's independence and effectiveness. This is done through a literature review of external audit and audit committee developments, and is supported by empirical evidence obtained from assessing the annual reports and from questionnaires sent to the audit committee chairs of the Top 40 listed companies in South Africa. The main findings of the study are that audit committees at the largest listed companies in South Africa are taking responsibility for overseeing the external audit function, but that the disclosure thereof in annual reports was found to be lacking. These findings are of significance as they provide support for the recommendations of King III (effective from 1 March 2010) that all companies should form audit committees and that external audit should be given oversight responsibilities in this regard.

Syftet med denna komparativa studie är att få en ökad förståelse för hur ett arbetslag ska utformas och organiseras för att fungera på bästa sätt. Jag vill belysa vilka utvecklingsmöjligheter förskolans personal finner i sin organisation av arbetslaget gällande fördelning av ansvarsområden och arbetsuppgifter, en jämförelse mellan ett arbetslag i en förskola i Norge respektive Sverige. Då förskoleverksamheterna i Sverige och Norge skiljer sig gällande fördelning av arbetsuppgifter och ansvarsområden är det intressant att urskilja vilka utvecklingsmöjligheter som framkommer i respektive organisation. Jag valde att anta en kvalitativ ansats och genomförde totalt sju intervjuer med både förskollärare, barnskötare och förskolechefer på en förskola i Norge respektive Sverige. I min studie har en och samma utvecklingsmöjlighet framkommit i båda arbetslag, bättre förutsättningar för att kunna utnyttja sin fulla kompetens. Jag har funnit att ett arbetslag bör organiseras så att varje individ får möjligheten att utnyttja sin kompetens, genom att synliggöra och utnyttja varandras kompetenser stärks varje individ men också arbetslaget som helhet. / The main aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of how a preschool team should be organized to work in the best possible way. A comparative study between a preschool in Norway and in Sweden. The distribution of tasks and responsibilities are different between the countries, to explore improvements the preschool staff´s conceptions of their own organization will be focused. The distribution of tasks and responsibilities are different but the conceptions of improvements may be the same. The empiricial data has been obtained from seven interviews. The participants were preschool teachers, child minders and preschool heads in a Swedish preschool and in a Norwegian preschool. In my study one improvement emerged in both teams, better requirements to make use of their competencies. The conclusion of this study is that a preschool team should be organized in a way that makes it possible to make use of everyone’s competencies.

This study argued that the issue of non-state actors requires a comprehensive response that includes the recognition of both non-binding and binding human rights obligations of these actors. It examined critically the emerging norms on voluntary obligations, state responsibility, and direct responsibility of these actors with regard to human rights at both international and domestic levels.

L'éducation à la citoyenneté comme forme de socialisation juridique est un moyen parmi d'autres qui nous permet de concevoir un possible dépassement de la «raison paresseuse» dans laquelle sont engagés les modèles politiques occidentaux. Les bases d'un nouveau code moral proposant à la fois une identité individuelle et collective pour le citoyen sont nécessaires. Ainsi, les énergies consacrées à la meilleure formation possible des futurs acteurs de la société québécoise, au partage d'idées et de perceptions dans une perspective contemporaine, ne peuvent être que bénéfiques pour l'avancement et l'avènement d'une société où l'équité coexiste avec la différence. C'est en réfléchissant et en échangeant sur le sujet avec notre entourage que nous avons décidé de concentrer nos recherches dans le domaine de 1'« éducation à la citoyenneté» avec comme contenu le droit. Naturellement, l'analyse à proprement positiviste du droit est ici mise de côté. Comme nous le verrons plus loin, une étude qui aborde la vision que se font les jeunes de l'univers juridique qui les entoure commande plutôt une approche sociologique. Les conclusions tirées de notre projet de recherche contribueront au débat entourant les concepts de citoyenneté, de droits fondamentaux et de responsabilités sociales dans une dynamique d'apprentissage. En tenant compte de la dimension culturelle de la citoyenneté, nous décrirons les différences d'interprétation et de représentation des droits fondamentaux et des responsabilités sociales dans la conscience d'« initiés» et de « non initiés» à une activité de socialisation juridique organisée par le Centre de développement pour l'exercice de la citoyenneté (CDEC), Débats de citoyens. Ce n'est qu'une fois cet exercice complété que nous tenterons d'évaluer le bienfondé et la validité d'une telle approche pédagogique. Mots clés: Éducation, citoyenneté, droits, responsabilités, socialisation, culture, débat, différence. / Citizenship education as a form of legal socialization is a way to conceive a possible overtaking of the «lazy reason » that embodies western political paradigms. The basis of a new moral code proposing an individual and collective identity for each citizen is necessary. Thus, the efforts invested in the best possible development of future actors in the province of Québec, in the sharing of ideas and views in a contemporary perspective, can only benefit the promotion and the upcoming of a society where equity coexists with difference. It is through reflection and while exchanging on the subject with others that we decided to concentrate our research on citizenship education with law as its content. Naturally, a positivistic analysis of the law is absent in such work. As we will see, a study that tackles young individuals' view of the legal universe they live in, rather commands a sociological approach. The conclusions we reached will contribute to the debate on the concepts of citizenship, fundamental rights and social responsibilities in a learning environment. Taking into account the cultural dimension of citizenship, we describe the differences in the interpretation and the representation of fundamental rights and social responsibilities in the conscience of "initiated" and "non-initiated" to a legal socialization activity organized by the Centre de développement pour l'exercice de la citoyenneté (CDEC). This activity is called Débats de citoyens, which translates to Citizens' debate. Only once this work is done will we attempt to evaluate the value and worth of such a pedagogical approach.

La multiplication des atteintes corporelles et sérielles causées par les produits fait de l'organisation de la sécurité des produits une préoccupation sociétale majeure. Au delà de l'expansion des risques des produits, c'est l'impuissance des États, matérialisée par l'insuffisance ou l'inadaptation des moyens juridiques de prévention, qui est cause. C'est également l'activité économique qui est au banc des accusés. Et si l'appétence d'une sécurité des produits doit être comblée, s'il faut préserver la vie et la santé contre le danger des produits, le bon sens s'impose : mieux vaut prévenir efficacement que guérir, réparer ou punir. C'est pourquoi, il ne s'agit guère plus d'une prévention à la demande, mais d'une prévention imposée, à travers notamment, les exigences des Nations unies, de l'OMS, des accords SPS et OTC de l'OMC et surtout de l'UEMOA dont la subtilité témoigne de l'étendue des responsabilités des pouvoirs publics ivoiriens et des opérateurs économiques. Les premiers, garants de l'ordre public interne, doivent substituer au cadre juridique et institutionnel lacunaire un système intégré de maîtrise des risques avérés ou incertains des produits. Les seconds, garants de l'innocuité de leurs produits, sont soumis à l'épreuve d'une internalisation de la gestion des risques qui leur permettra assurément de limiter les coûts d'une responsabilité civile objectivée. / The proliferation of serial and personal injury by products implies product safety as a major societal concern. Beyond the expansion of product risks, it's States incapacity, evidenced by the lack or the inadequacy of legal means of prevention that matters. It is also the economic activity that is in question. And if the need for product safety must be filled, whether to preserve life and health against the dangers of products, common sense is required: Prevention is better than effective cure, reparation or sanction. Therefore, it is little more than prevention at the request, but imposing a process, particularly through the requirements of the UN, WHO, of the SPS and TBT WTO and especially to UEMOA whose subtlety reflects the extent of the responsibilities of the Ivorian government and economic forces. The formers are responsible for internal public order and should reform the incomplete legal and institutional framework of an integrated risk control of products. The laters are responsible for the safety of their products, and are prompted to the internalisation of risk management that will certainly allow them to limiting the costs of liability.

The presented thesis provides a comprehensive view of the current legislation on family and parents-children relationships, including insights into past and future. Being a still hot topic is the reason why I chose it for my thesis. Two introductory chapters discuss historical context of family and development of legal relationships between parents and children to date. The family has evolved over time, developed and changed and so has the status of its individual members, which was all reflected in legislation (paternal power, parental power, parental rights and duties, parental responsibilities). The current concept of family is described in Chapter 3, followed by Chapter 4 which gives general characteristics of family law and legal relations within the family, including the definitions of basic concepts used in the rest of the work. Key Chapter 5 discusses the concept of parental responsibilities brought into our law by the so-called "big amendment" to the Family Code (Act No. 91/1998 Coll.). In exercising these rights and duties, parents are obliged to protect the best interests of the minor child, to control his or her actions and to exercise supervision over him or her. The parent-child relationship is equal and both its parties are holders of complementary rights and duties. In all actions, child's...

Longtemps « seul maître à bord après Dieu», le capitaine n’exerce plus aujourd’hui son autorité de la même manière, ce qui ne signifie d’ailleurs pas que cette dernière soit remise en question. Le particularisme de sa fonction en fait un personnage tout à fait spécifique à bord. Ce dernier caractère le place dans une certaine mesure, sur un même plan que le marin âgé de moins de dix-huit ans, personnage indispensable tant pour son rôle traditionnel que pour son activité à bord du navire.Sa position à bord en fait un marin différent des autres membres de l’équipage. Il a autorité sur l’ensemble de l’équipage. Même si cette autorité, comme c’est d’ailleurs le cas pour les chefs d’entreprise à terre ne s’exerce plus avec la même rigueur que dans le passé, elle n’en demeure pas moins. Marin, responsable de l’expédition maritime, mandataire commercial de l’armateur, préposé nautique, le capitaine a vu son rôle évoluer au fil du temps. D’un point de vue réglementaire, ses fonctions à bord, et sa position font qu’il conserve une situation originale, l’ensemble de la réglementation du travail maritime ne pouvant, de ce fait, lui être appliquée / Long "only master after God," the captain's authority is no longer present in the same way, which does not, moreover, that the latter is questionable. The specificity of its function is a very specific character on board. This last character is placed in a certain extent, on the same plane as the sailor who is under eighteen years of age, character essential for both its traditional role for its activity on the ship. Its position on board is a marine different from other crew members. He has authority over all of the crew. Although this authority, as is also true for business leaders on the ground no longer exercised with the same rigor as in the past, it nonetheless. Marin, head of maritime shipping, commercial agent of the owner, attendant water, the captain has seen its role evolve over time. From a regulatory point of view, his duties on board, and its position makes it retains a unique situation, the entire maritime labor regulations can not, therefore, be applied to him

Master of Science / Department of Family Studies and Human Services / Rick J. Scheidt / In 2011, about 13 percent of the U.S. population, approximately 40 million people, were foreign born in the United States. Many of them participate in transnational caregiving, either as children supporting their parents in their country of origin or parents moving to the U.S. to help their children. This report examines research on transnational caregiving between immigrant adult children and their parents. Following the caregiving definitions of Finch (1989), the articles were reviewed and categorized as economic support, accommodation, personal care, practical support and childcare, and emotional and moral support. Changes in family norms and roles, and the caregiving responsibilities after immigration, are also presented. Keywords: transnational, caregiving, immigrant, elderly, economic support, accommodation, personal care, practical support and childcare, and emotional and moral support, living arrangement.