Minority protection in post-apartheid South Africa : human rights, minority rights, and self-determination / / Kristin Henrard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815469803321
• Autore: Henrard Kristin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• ISBN: 979-84-00-68625-2; 1-280-37379-2; 9786610373796; 0-313-01214-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Collana: Perspectives on the twentieth century, , 1538-9626
• Disciplina: 342.68/0873
• Soggetti: Minorities - Legal status, laws, etc - South Africa; Self-determination, National - South Africa; Post-apartheid era - South Africa
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-304) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- MINORITY PROTECTION IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- NOTES -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- NOTE -- 1 Theoretical Framework -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCISE OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING MINORITY PROTECTION -- THE TWO PILLARS OR BASIC PRINCIPLES OF A FULL-BLOWN SYSTEM OF MINORITY PROTECTION AND THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSTANTIVE EQUALITY -- THE RIGHT TO IDENTITY OF MINORITIES AND THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSTANTIVE EQUALITY AS GOAL AND LIMITATION OF MINORITY PROTECTION MEASURES -- DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT, "MINORITY" -- THE CONTRIBUTION OF INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS TO MINORITY PROTECTION -- Theoretical Considerations -- The Human Rights Standards of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Concomitant Jurisprudence -- THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE CURRENT MINORITY RIGHTS STANDARDS TO MINORITY PROTECTION -- Article 27 ICCPR -- The UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious, and Linguistic Minorities -- Other ; International Instruments Dealing with Rights of Special Relevance for Minorities -- European Documents on Minority Rights -- Conclusion Regarding the Contribution of Current Minority Rights to Minority Protection -- Theoretical Framework of Minority Rights: Special Minority Rights and Group Rights -- Conclusion -- THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND AN ADEQUATE SYSTEM OF MINORITY PROTECTION -- CONCLUSION: THE INTERRELATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS, MINORITY RIGHTS, AND THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION FOR AN ADEQUATE MINORITY PROTECTION -- NOTES -- 2 Relevant Background Information on South Africa -- JUSTIFICATION OF THE CHOICE OF SOUTH AFRICA AS A CASE STUDY -- MINORITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA? -- Relevant Demographic Information on South Africa and Indications about Racial and Ethnic Identification -- APARTHEID STRATEGIES OF SPECIAL RELEVANCE.; Introduction -- Apartheid: Divide and Rule on the Basis of Ascribed Group Classification -- Grand Apartheid88 and Separate Development of the Ethnic Population Groups in the Name of Self-Determination -- Language and Tensions among Linguistic Groups in South Africa -- Religion: Its Prevalence and Diversified Nature in South Africa -- Education in Apartheid South Africa: Racial Segregation and Quality Differentiation -- Customary Law and Traditional Leadership Before the Constitutional Negotiation Process -- Reaction against Apartheid and the Beginning of the Negotiation and Transformation Process -- NOTES -- 3 South Africa's 1993 or Interim Constitution: Constitutional Negotiations and Brief Analysis in Terms of Minority Protection -- INTRODUCTION TO THE OVERALL CONSTITUTIONAL NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS -- SOME PRELIMINARY REMARKS REGARDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL NEGOTIATION PROCESS LEADING UP TO THE INTERIM CONSTITUTION -- EQUALITY IN TERMS OF THE INTERIM CONSTITUTION -- LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION IN TERMS OF THE INTERIM CONSTITUTION -- MINORITY PROTECTION ISSUES UNDER THE INTERIM CONSTITUTION -- THE FORM OF STATE AND RELATED ISSUES OF POWER SHARING IN TERMS OF THE INTERIM CONSTITUTION -- THE INTERIM CONSTITUTION REGARDING CUSTOMARY LAW AND RELIGIOUSLY INSPIRED SYSTEMS OF PERSONAL LAW VERSUS THE EQUALITY PRINCIPLE -- THE INSTITUTION OF TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP IN TERMS OF THE INTERIM CONSTITUTION -- THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION IN TERMS OF THE INTERIM CONSTITUTION -- EVALUATION OF THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE INTERIM CONSTITUTION ACCOMMODATES SOUTH AFRICA'S POPULATION DIVERSITY WITH DUE ATTENTION TO THE ROLE OF THE CP'S IN THIS REGARD -- THE FIRST INCLUSIVE ELECTIONS AND THE WAY AHEAD -- NOTES -- 4 Negotiations Leading up to the 1996 Constitution and the Varied Approaches Adopted to Accommodate South Africa's Population Diversity.; THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY PROCESS, LEADING UP TO THE 1996 CONSTITUTION: SENSITIVE ISSUES, DEADLOCKS, AND COMPROMISES1 -- Introduction -- Freedom of Speech and Hate Speech -- Customary Law and the Institution of Traditional Leadership in Terms of the 1996 Constitution -- Accommodation of Religious Diversity in the 1996 Constitution and a Brief Analysis of the General Limitations Provision -- Power Sharing and Related Protection of Political Minority Parties -- Horizontal Application of the Bill of Rights of the 1996 Constitution -- Equality under the 1996 Constitution -- Form of State and Division of Competencies between the National and Provincial Spheres of Government in Terms of the 1996 Constitution -- Minority Rights and Self-Determination in Terms of the 1996 Constitution -- Language and Education and the ; 1996 Constitution: Highly Sensitive Issues -- THE ADOPTION OF THE 1996 CONSTITUTION AND THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS -- Certification of the Constitution on South Africa on 8 May 1996 -- The Required Constitutional Amendments and the Second Certification Judgement -- NOTES -- 5 The Constitutional Building Blocks for Post-Apartheid South Africa's Approach to Minority Protection/Accommodation of Population Diversity -- ADDITIONAL FEATURES OF THE 1996 CONSTITUTION OF RELEVANCE FOR THE EVALUATION: STRONG INSTITUTIONAL BACKUP AND THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW -- OVERALL EVALUATION OF SOUTH AFRICA'S 1996 CONSTITUTION REGARDING ITS CONTRIBUTION TO MINORITY PROTECTION -- EVALUATION OF SOUTH AFRICA'S 1996 CONSTITUTION IN TERMS OF THE INTERRELATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS, MINORITY RIGHTS, AND THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION FOR AN ADEQUATE MINORITY PROTECTION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES.; 6 The Implementation and Application Phase Concerning Minority Protection/ Accommodation of Population Diversity in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- INTRODUCTION: OVERVIEW -- EQUALITY -- Nondiscrimination -- Affirmative Action -- THE ACCOMMODATION OF LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY -- Introduction -- Further Analysis of Section 6 of the 1996 Constitution -- The Pan South African Language Board (PANSALB) -- Practice: Language Use in the Public Sphere -- The Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology -- THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION -- Introduction -- Equal Access to Education -- The Development of an Inclusive Curriculum: Generally and Regarding Religion -- Language in Education -- Private Educational Institutions -- MINORITY RIGHTS -- THE ACCOMMODATION OF RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY: MUSLIM PERSONAL LAW -- "VOLKSSTAAT" AS A FORM OF SELF-DETERMINATION FOR "COMMUNITIES WITH A COMMON CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE HERITAGE" -- CUSTOMARY LAW: INTEGRATION IN THE NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM? -- TRADITIONAL LEADERS: THEIR STATUS IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA -- POLICY AND PRACTICE REGARDING CULTURE -- FEDERALISM -- POWER SHARING -- EVALUATION OF THE VARIOUS CONSTITUTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION POLICIES AS REGARDS ACCOMMODATION OF POPULATION DIVERSITY AND MINORITY PROTECTION -- NOTES -- Conclusion -- EVALUATION OF SOUTH AFRICA'S EXPERIENCES IN TERMS OF THE INTERRELATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS, MINORITY RIGHTS, AND THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION -- NOTES -- Bibliography -- A. BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THEORY PERTAINING TO MINORITY PROTECTION: SELECTION OF THE MOST RELEVANT ITEMS -- General Comments of the Human Rights Committee to Articles of the ICCPR -- Documents of the UN Working Group on Minorities and other UN Documents Pertaining to Minority Protection -- Case Law -- Council of Europe Documents -- Doctrine -- B. BIBLIOGRAPHY ON SOUTH AFRICA.; Selection of Documents Obtained during the Period that I Monitored the Constitutional Negotiation Process, January to June 1996 -- Documents from the Internet on the Constitutional Negotiation Process -- Government Documents and Legislation -- Legislation -- Parliamentary Documents of the National As Well As Provincial Parliaments -- Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court -- Jurisprudence of Other South African Courts -- Reports of Independent Bodies -- Doctrine -- News Sources -- Speeches of Politicians -- Index -- About the Author.