Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Fischer-Buder, Karin.
2. University of Namibia.
3. Unesco.
4. Conference on Human Rights in Southern Africa (1996 : Windhoek, Namibia)

Description

1. iv, 273 pages; 23 cm

Subject

1. Human rights > Africa, Southern > Congresses
2. Human rights
3. Demokratie
4. Menschenrecht
5. Menschenrecht > Demokratie > Südafrika (Region) > Kongress (Windhoek, 1996)
6. Demokratie > Menschenrecht > Südafrika (Region) > Kongress (Windhoek, 1996)
7. Africa, Southern
8. Africa, Southern
9. Southern Africa
10. Südafrika
11. Südafrika (Region) > Demokratie > Menschenrecht > Kongress (Windhoek, 1996)
12. Südafrika (Region) > Menschenrecht > Demokratie > Kongress (Windhoek, 1996)
13. Windhuk <1996>

Genre/Form

1. Conference papers and proceedings.

Contents

1. Part I: Welcoming addresses to the Conference -- 1. Address by Professor Walter Kamba -- 2. Message from Francine Fournier -- 3. Address by Professor Peter H. Katjavivi -- 4. Address by the Honourable Dr. Mose P. Tjitendero.
2. Part II: The role of the university in promoting democracy and human rights -- 5. Introduction by the Chairman / Walter Kamba -- 6. Human rights research and documentation in Lesotho / Kwesi Prah -- 7. The role of education in the implementation of human rights / Vladimir Volodin -- 8. Universities and good governance / Hans van Ginkel and P.R. Baehr -- 9. The role of the university in cultivating co-operation towards the consolidation of human rights / Jose Octavio Serra van Dunen.
3. Part III: Human rights and sustainable development -- 10. Retrieving the right to development from the region of myth and fable / Duma Gideon Boko -- 11. Political and economic empowerment as prerequisite for the full enjoyment of human rights / Haroub Othman -- 12. Political and economic rights in changing societies: the case of South Africa / R.D. Russon.
4. Part IV: The role of government and civil society in making human rights a living reality -- 13. Making human rights a living reality for urban and rural communties / Shadrack B.O. Gutto -- 14. Making human rights a reality for rural and urban communities: the role of government and civil society / Rosa Namises -- 15. People's rights to land and natural resources / Lazarus Hangula -- 16. Whose human rights? -- The impact of government policy on women's access to essential resources in Malawi / Linda L. Semu -- 17. The Katuturas of Namibia -- human rights compared historically and along the urban/rural continuum / Wade C. Pendleton.
5. Part V: Changing gender perspectives on human rights -- 18. Towards a gender-sensitive human rights culture in Southern Africa / Nashilongo Shivute -- 19. Making women's rights a reality / S. Ngaba and R. Kadalie -- 20. Violence against women -- and human rights / Maria da Imaculada Lourenco da Conceicao Melo -- 21. Using law reform as a strategy towards promoting a gender-sensitive human rights culture in Namibia / Bience P. Gawanas -- 22. The need for university teaching and research / Annelie Odendaal -- 23. Homosexuality and human rights / Wolfram Hartmann.
6. Part VI: Human rights and customary law: a challenge to law reform -- 24. The conflict between the Constitution and customary law -- conflict between systems and concepts / Manfred O. Hinz -- 25. Customary law, human rights, and the position of women in Africa / Yvonne Mokgoro -- 26. Justice in a legally pluralistic society: a court tale form Sambyu / F. Marina D'Engelbronner-Kolff -- 27. Premarital female sexuality and customary law in Northern Namibia / Heike Becker -- 28. Human rights and African customary law: similarties and contradictions / Joseph Diescho.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. "... 1996 Conference on Human Rights in Southern Africa, organized by the University of Namibia ... in co-operation with UNESCO ..."--P. [4] of cover.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.