The internal displacement crisis in Africa : implementation of national and international law on the child marriage phenomenon in Uganda

Description

This research focuses on the role that International Human Rights Law, policy and legislation should play in the protection of the rights of internally displaced children against child marriage. This thesis examines international treaties and domestic laws that purport to prohibit the
practice of child marriage with particular attention to laws relating to the protection of internally displaced children (IDPs). / Mini Dissertation (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa).
Prepared under the supervision of Dr Lana Baydas at the Department of Law, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
29 October 2007 / www.chr.up.ac.za / Centre for Human Rights / LLM

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1. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5276
2. Achan-Okitia, P 2007, The internal displacement crisis in Africa : implementation of national and international law on the child marriage phenomenon in Uganda, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5276>

Tags

UCTD

Internal displacement

Child marriage

Uganda

Children's rights

Women 's rights

Sexual discrimination

Human rights

Internally displaced persons

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:up/oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/5276
Date	January 2007
Creators	Achan-Okitia, Patricia
Contributors	Baydas, Lana
Publisher	University of Pretoria
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Mini Dissertation
Format	386209 bytes, application/pdf
Rights	Centre for Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Pretoria