Church and state in South Africa and human rights

Apartheid medicine. Health and human rights in South Africa.

Human rights and health care under apartheid in South Africa were studied. Human rights violations, such as detention without charge or trial, assault and torture in police custody, and restriction orders, have had devastating effects on the health of persons experiencing them. These violations have occurred in the context of a deliberate policy of discriminatory health care favoring the white ...

Health research and human rights in South Africa.

AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW JOURNAL Ubuntu as a moral theory and human rights in South Africa

There are three major reasons why ideas associated with ubuntu are often deemed to be an inappropriate basis for a public morality in today’s South Africa. One is that they are too vague; a second is that they fail to acknowledge the value of individual freedom; and a third is that they fit traditional, small-scale culture more than a modern, industrial society. In this article, I provide a phi...

Red Reason and Green Rights Illuminationist.Anthropology and Human Rights

Indigenous Law and Gender in South Africa: Taking Human Rights and Cultural Diversity Seriously