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This paper aims at analysing the role of customary law under sui generis systems of intellectual property rights in traditional knowledge. This is done through a desk top analysis of the role of traditional leadership and customary law under … Continue reading » “The Role of Traditional Leadership and Customary Law under Sui Generis Systems of Intellectual Property Rights in Traditional Knowledge”
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Rising global inequalities and marginalisation are proving difficult to solve using a single lens of analysis. And education as a possible panacea for dealing with these inequalities has not been accessed by all people in society. Such a skewed … Continue reading » “Inclusive Education, Rights of PWDs and Policy: Mainstreaming Persons with Disabilities at Africa University in Zimbabwe”
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The author analyses the law and practice of litigating election petitions before Zimbabwean courts. He makes the finding that the law is so strictly drafted so as to make it almost impossible to prosecute a petition without making fatal … Continue reading » “Litigating Election Petitions in Zimbabwe: The Practice and Procedure”
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This study examines the environment of displaced people in the Veal Sbov community in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Focusing on (1) the impact of the environmental threats to the their enjoyment of rights after displacement, (2) to explore the relationship … Continue reading » “Human Rights and the right to a healthy environment: A study of displaced people in Veal Sbov community”
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This paper explains the absence”environmental rights”within ASEAN’s institutional framework and prospects for institutional change in the future.By drawing upon a constructivist and historical institutionalist framework, we argue that ASEAN intergovernmental mechanism has not yet incorporated “environmental rights” due to … Continue reading » “Constructing ASEAN Environmental Governance: Regional Cooperation, Environmental Rights, and the Politics of Institutional Change”
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The evolution of India’s ambitious nuclear program and the discourse surrounding it provides one of the textbook-cases for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of Indian democracy in general. This paper explores why the Indian state has resorted to unprecedented … Continue reading » “Shrinking Spaces for Democratic Dissent: A Study of the Grassroots Anti-Nuclear Movement in India”
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