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The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights recently issued a historic judgment awarding reparations to the Ogiek people of Kenya, this may further serve as a significant precedent for the realisation of indigenous rights on a global scale.
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The proposed reforms to the Human Rights Act will render it more difficult for ordinary citizens to defend their rights and hold government authorities to account.
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Kavala’s continuous pre-trial detention in Turkey since November 2017 raises doubts about the ability of the ECtHR to ensure the implementation of Court judgments by respondent states.
Read moreTransitioning From Occupation To Apartheid: A New Legal Test For Assessing The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Following the UN Special Rapporteur’s report, a new legal test has emerged for the crime of Apartheid.
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