Will Morocco’s re-admission to the AU shake SADR membership?

Morocco’s re-admission, despite warning and advisory from African Union (AU) Commission Legal Counsel was granted by the 54 member states of the African Union. Morocco becomes the 55th member state. And it comes with its own issues mainly its present influence (read colonial rule) over not-so-famous Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in North East Africa.… Continue reading Will Morocco’s re-admission to the AU shake SADR membership?

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Limitations to the right to consent to treatment

We earlier published an article under Defending Civic Space, about the freedom not to be subjected to medical experimentation and the issue of seeking a patient’s consent before administering treatment came in. We committed to discuss the exceptions to the requirement of seeking a patient’s consent and here we are! A medic who administers treatment… Continue reading Limitations to the right to consent to treatment

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The right not to be held in slavery

The International Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery of 1926 defines slavery as ‘the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised’.  The Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to… Continue reading The right not to be held in slavery

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The Legend of Lubwama: The Joke is On Us

On February 18, 2016, the good people of Rubaga (a suburb of Kampala, Uganda) went completely haywire, bonkers even, when they, during the Presidential and Parliamentary elections held then, chose a one Kato Lubwama as their Honourable Member of Parliament, trouncing the popular and long serving Ken Lukyamuzi.

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The right to Life

The right to life is a controversial one. It is also said to be inviolable. But, is it? Some wonder what life, and who a person, is. There is a school of thought that says that life begins at conception and that everyone who has life is a person/human being. Another school of thought says… Continue reading The right to Life

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