Medidas de acción afirmativa
El presente documento fue redactado por la CIJ como contribución al estudio de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos sobre acciones afirmativas para promover la igualdad racial en la región.
South Africa-Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act (2003)
South Africa-Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act-2003-eng
South Africa: arrest of magistrate must be investigated
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers urged South African President Thabo Mbeki to fully investigate the arrest and detention of the Chief Magistrate of the Groblersdal Magistrates’ Court.
J and Another v. Director General, Department of Home Affairs and Others, Constitutional Court of South Africa (28 March 2003)
Procedural Posture The first applicant was denied recognition as a parent to the children whom her partner had conceived by artificial insemination. The couple then filed a complaint before the Durban High Court to obtain constitutional relief, which allowed it. The...Du Toit v. Ministers for Welfare and Population Development and Others, Constitutional Court of South Africa (10 September 2002)
Procedural Posture The applicants challenged the constitutionality of Sections 17(a), 17(c), and 20(1) of the Child Care Act in the Pretoria High Court. The Minister for Welfare and Population Development, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, and...Recent News
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