Browsing by Author "Odongo, Godfrey Odhiambo"

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    The domestication of international law standards on the rights of the child with specific reference to juvenile justice in the African context
    (University of the Western Cape, 2005) Odongo, Godfrey Odhiambo; Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Faculty of Law
    The thesis focused on how the advent of children's rights, in particular the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), has impacted on the subject of juvenile justice and embarked on a practical examination of law reform in this regard in an African context. The focus was placed on a number of African countries that have embarked on or completed child law reform in the aftermath of ratification of the CRC. The case studies in this thesis were Ghana (1998-2003), Kenya (1993-2001), Namibia (1994 to date), Lesotho (2003 to date), South Africa (1997 to date) and Uganda (1992-1996).
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    Making non-state actors accountable for violations of economic rights: a case study of transnational corporations in the African context
    (University of the Western Cape, 2002) Odongo, Godfrey Odhiambo; Van Reenen, Tobias
    The development of a common standard for holding governments accountable for human rights violations represented by international human rights law (IHRL) has been one of the major achievements of international law. However, two conspicuously narrow foci marked and continue to mark this development. Firstly, IHRL has focused predominantly on civil and political rights to the exclusion of economic, social and cultural rights. Indeed, in this regard it has been observed that "of all domains were state and inter-governmental action have failed to achieve anything more than modest success, the development of effective measures for the prevention and remedying of violations of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs) must surely classify as one of the most glaring".