Protection of rights of urban refugees in Kenya: revisiting Kituo Cha Sheria v The Attorney General
- Authors: Juma, Laurence
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/125174 , vital:35740 , DOI: 10.25159/2522-6800/3291
- Description: This article discusses the judgment in the landmark case of Kituo Cha Sheria and Others v Attorney General in the light of the emerging rights jurisprudence in the area of refugee rights. It also explores the impact the judgment could have on the articulation of the rights of urban refugees in Kenya. Based on the assumption that Kenya’s 2010 Constitution provides an opportunity for the robust enforcement of rights, the article analyses the key rights and protection imperatives that were at the centre of the dispute. These include the right to dignity, freedom of movement and to work, and also the principle of refoulement. These rights are at the core of the protection agenda for urban refugees.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2018
- Authors: Juma, Laurence
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/125174 , vital:35740 , DOI: 10.25159/2522-6800/3291
- Description: This article discusses the judgment in the landmark case of Kituo Cha Sheria and Others v Attorney General in the light of the emerging rights jurisprudence in the area of refugee rights. It also explores the impact the judgment could have on the articulation of the rights of urban refugees in Kenya. Based on the assumption that Kenya’s 2010 Constitution provides an opportunity for the robust enforcement of rights, the article analyses the key rights and protection imperatives that were at the centre of the dispute. These include the right to dignity, freedom of movement and to work, and also the principle of refoulement. These rights are at the core of the protection agenda for urban refugees.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2018
Protection of development-induced internally displaced persons under the African Charter: the case of the Endorois community of Northern Kenya
- Authors: Juma, Laurence
- Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/127100 , vital:35955 , https://heinonline.org./HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/ciminsfri46amp;div=15amp;g_sent=1amp;casa_token=amp;collection=journals
- Description: The discourse on development-induced displacement has highlighted the enormity of problems faced by communities who are forcefully removed to create room for development projects, while at the same time, exposed the insularity of national and international legal frameworks for their protection. Using the case of Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE) on behalf of the Endorois Community v Kenya (No 276/200), decided by the African Commission on Human and People's Rights in November 2009, this article analyses the support that regional and continental rights enforcement mechanisms could provide to the protection of IDPs, particularly those displaced by development projects.
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- Date Issued: 2013
- Authors: Juma, Laurence
- Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/127100 , vital:35955 , https://heinonline.org./HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/ciminsfri46amp;div=15amp;g_sent=1amp;casa_token=amp;collection=journals
- Description: The discourse on development-induced displacement has highlighted the enormity of problems faced by communities who are forcefully removed to create room for development projects, while at the same time, exposed the insularity of national and international legal frameworks for their protection. Using the case of Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE) on behalf of the Endorois Community v Kenya (No 276/200), decided by the African Commission on Human and People's Rights in November 2009, this article analyses the support that regional and continental rights enforcement mechanisms could provide to the protection of IDPs, particularly those displaced by development projects.
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- Date Issued: 2013
Putting old wine in new skins: the customary code of Lerotholi and justice administration in Lesotho
- Authors: Juma, Laurence
- Date: 2011
- Language: English
- Type: text , book chapter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/128780 , vital:36156 , https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511844294.007
- Description: Although the interaction between the western colonizers and the African indigenous populations in the early eighteenth and nineteenth centuries produced responses that were mostly inimical to the development of African customary law, the thrust of the onslaught against its principles was somewhat diminished by political considerations. Undoubtedly, the significance that African customary law acquired during this period was a measure of the purpose that the colonial project found in it.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011
Putting old wine in new skins: the customary code of Lerotholi and justice administration in Lesotho
- Authors: Juma, Laurence
- Date: 2011
- Language: English
- Type: text , book chapter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/128780 , vital:36156 , https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511844294.007
- Description: Although the interaction between the western colonizers and the African indigenous populations in the early eighteenth and nineteenth centuries produced responses that were mostly inimical to the development of African customary law, the thrust of the onslaught against its principles was somewhat diminished by political considerations. Undoubtedly, the significance that African customary law acquired during this period was a measure of the purpose that the colonial project found in it.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011
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