Violence Against Women and Criminal Justice in Africa : Legislation, Limitations and Culture

• Autore: Lubaale Emma Charlene
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2021; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 pages)
• Disciplina: 364.153096
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Budoo-ScholtzAshwanee
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Violence Against Women in Africa: A Human Rights Violation Necessitating Criminal Accountability -- 1 Background -- 2 Conceptualising Violence Against Women as a Violation of Human Rights -- 3 The Obligation of States to Ensure Accountability for Violence Against Women -- 4 The Role and Place of Criminal Accountability in Cases of Violence Against Women -- 5 Conclusion and the Unanswered Questions -- References -- Part II Legislation and its Implementation in Addressing Violence Against Women -- 3 Addressing Gender-Based Violence Epidemic Through Criminal Justice: A Case Study of South Africa and the DRC -- 1 Introduction -- 2 International and Regional Legal Framework for the Protection of Women and Girls from GBV -- 3 Overview of Gender-Based Violence in South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- 3.1 The South African Perspective -- 3.2 The DRC Perspective -- 4 Domestic Legal Frameworks: GBV and Access to Justice for survivors of GBV -- 4.1 South Africa -- 4.1.1 The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 -- 4.1.2 Domestic Violence Act of 1998 -- 4.1.3 The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 -- 4.2 The Democratic Republic of Congo -- 4.2.1 The Constitution of the DRC 2005 -- 4.2.2 Child Protection Law 09/001 of 2009 -- 4.2.3 The Penal Code of 1940 -- 5 Challenges for Survivors of GBV to Access the Criminal Justice System -- 5.1 South Africa -- 5.1.1 The Law, Jurisprudence and Policy -- 5.1.2 A National Drive to Eradicate GBV: The National Strategic Plan -- 5.2 Drc -- 6 Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- 4 Access to Justice for Survivors of Violence: A Case Study of the Girl Child in Mauritius. ; 1 Introduction -- 2 Mauritius' International Obligations to Ensure that the Girl Child Who is a Survivor of Violence Has Access to Justice -- 2.1 United Nations and Access to Justice for the Girl Child -- 2.2 African Union and Access to Justice for the Girl Child -- 3 Current Framework on Access to Justice for the Girl Child in Cases of Violence -- 3.1 Legal Provisions on Violence Against the Girl Child and Access to Justice -- 3.1.1 The Constitution -- 3.1.2 The Penal Code -- 3.1.3 The Sexual Offences Act -- 3.1.4 The Child Protection Act -- 3.2 The Girl Child and the Court -- 3.3 Institutions -- 3.3.1 The Child Development Unit -- 3.3.2 The Ombudsperson for Children -- 3.3.3 The Judicial System -- 4 Provisions of the Draft Children's Rights Bill Relating to Access to Justice of the Girl Child in Cases of Violence -- 5 Challenges in the Ensuring that the Girl Child Has Access to Justice in Cases of Violence -- 5.1 Delay in Enacting the Children's Bill -- 5.2 Non-Criminalisation of Some Types of violence -- 5.2.1 Child Marriage -- 5.2.2 Marital Rape -- 5.3 Absence of Public Interest Litigation -- 5.4 Insufficient Collaboration Between Relevant Stakeholders -- 5.5 Patriarchy -- 5.6 Insufficient Data on the Girl Child -- 6 Recommendations and Conclusions -- References -- 5 Police Capacity Building in Dealing with Domestic Violence Cases in South Africa: An Entry Point to Women's Access to Justice -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Study Area -- 1.2 Methods -- 2 Policing Domestic violence in South Africa -- 3 Challenges of policing Domestic violence -- 4 Social Interactionist Perspective on Domestic violence -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 5.1 Profile of Participants -- 5.2 Need for Police capacitation -- 5.3 How to Capacitate the police -- 5.3.1 Training of police on Domestic violence -- 6 Conclusion -- References. ; 6 Access to Justice for Sexual Violence Against Women: A Socio-Legal Analysis of Case Reporting in Kenya -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Contextualising Reporting for victims of Sexual Violence -- 3 An Assessment of Kenya's Normative Framework on Access to Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence under International Human Rights law -- 4 Reporting in Practice: Examining the Current Status of Reporting of Sexual Violence in Kenya -- 5 Social and Institutional Response to Sexual Violence in Kenya -- 5.1 Social Responses to Sexual Violence in Kenya -- 5.1.1 Stigma and Victim Blaming -- 5.1.2 Lack of Information -- 5.2 Institutional Response to Sexual Violence -- 5.2.1 Response by Health Care Workers -- 5.2.2 Response by Law Enforcement Agents -- 5.2.3 Other Institutional Gaps -- 6 Towards an Effective Reporting System for Victims of Sexual Violence in Kenya -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Part III Limitations of Criminal Justice Responses to Violence Against Women -- 7 Sex Trafficking as a Form of Gender-Based Violence Against Women: Lessons from South Africa and Uganda -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Trafficking as a Form of Violence Against Women -- 3 Beyond the Rhetoric: Prosecution and Punishment -- 3.1 Uganda -- 3.2 South Africa -- 4 Access to Justice for Trafficked victims -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Criminal Accountability for Gender-Based Violence in North Africa: Beyond Legal Reforms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Gender-Based Violence in Egypt and Morocco: The Law, Religion, Social Norms and Mentality Gaps -- 2.1 The Various Expressions of Gender-Based violence in Egypt and Morocco -- 2.2 International Commitments and National Legislative reforms in Morocco and Egypt -- 2.3 Social and Cultural Norms in Egypt and Morocco: Implication on Criminal Accountability for Gender-Based Violence -- 3 Conclusion and Recommendations -- References. ; 9 The Right to Social Security as a Prerequisite to Access to Justice for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Zimbabwe -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Brief Overview of Access to Justice for Sexual Violence Survivors in Zimbabwe -- 3 The Protection of Social Security in Zimbabwe -- 4 The Constitutional Framework on the Prohibition of Sexual Violence -- 5 An Analysis of Sexual Violence in Zimbabwe -- 5.1 Nature of Sexual Violence in Zimbabwe -- 5.2 The Extent of Sexual Violence -- 5.3 Law on Sexual Violence -- 6 The Nexus Between Access to Justice and Social Security of the Survivors of Sexual Violence -- 7 Possible Solutions to the Dilemma -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- 10 Roots Revisited: Barriers to Justice for Survivors and Victims of Female Genital Mutilation in The Gambia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation -- 3 FGM as a Form of Gender-Based violence -- 4 Causes of FGM in The Gambia -- 5 Effects of FGM -- 6 The Methodology to Achieve Change: The Shift to a Gambia Without Violence Against Women -- 7 Criminal Without Accountability-The Law Against FGM in The Gambia -- 7.1 A Mere Check in the Box -- 7.2 Analysis of the Law -- 8 Barriers to Access to Justice -- 8.1 The Government as a Resistor to Change -- 8.2 Public Perceptions -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- 11 Access to Justice by Victims of Violence Against Women and Girls in Tanzania: A Social Legal Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background to Socio-cultural and Economic Violence Against Women in Tanzania -- 2.1 The Pre-Colonial Era -- 2.2 The Colonial Era -- 2.3 The Independence Era -- 2.4 The Post-Independence Era -- 3 Responses to Violence Against Women and Girls in Tanzania -- 3.1 Policies, Strategies and Action Plans -- 3.2 Laws -- 3.2.1 International Legal Framework -- 3.2.2 Regional Agreements -- 3.2.3 Sub-Regional Agreements -- 3.2.4 National Legislation. ; 3.3 Institutions -- 3.3.1 Ministries -- 4 Challenges -- 5 Prospects -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Violence Against Women and Criminal Justice in Africa
• ISBN: 9783030759490; 9783030759483
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910510545103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sustainable Development Goals Ser.