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    Land, biodiversity and extractive industries in southern Africa: How effective are legal and institutional frameworks in protecting people and the environment?

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2016
    In the natural resources sector, laws are often formulated to regulate the relationship between men and the environment. Ideally, the law can play a vital role in regulating and protecting communities from adverse environmental and social impacts of mining, loss of land, biodiversity and natural wealth, as well as other human rights violations.
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    Toward a South and Southern African Integrated Oceans Governance Framework

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2016
    Maritime security and oceans governance are rapidly becoming important international challenges.1 The importance and relative urgency to address these challenges gave reason for this symposium to be held, which was co-hosted by the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), funded by the Open Society Foundation (OSF) of South Afric
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    A perfect storm: migrancy and mining in the North West province

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2016
    The platinum industry was severely affected by prolonged strikes in 2012 and 2014 , which lasted for months. Near Marikana in the North West Province of South Africa on 16 August 2015, police fired on strikers, killing 34 miners in the worst massacre since the transition to democracy in 1994.
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    Enhancing the Horn of Africa responsive capacity to climate change impacts workshop report

    UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative, 2014
    The output report from the 2014 Enhancing the Horn of Africa responsive capacity to climate change impacts workshop, held in Nairobi.  
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    R2P@10: what lessons for South Africa and Africa?

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2015
    2015 marks ten years since more than 150 world states endorsed the principle of the Responsibility to protect (R2P) at the 2005 World Summit.
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    The Zimbabwe torture docket decision and proactive complementarity

    Institute for Security Studies, 2015
    The decision of a landmark case heard in the South African Constitutional Court means there is an obligation for states to complement the work of the International Criminal Court – extending the court’s influence in prosecuting serious crimes of international concern in states where it does not have jurisdiction under the Rome Statute.
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    To protect or to intervene?: contesting R2P as a norm in South Africa’s foreign policy

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    The “responsibility to protect” (R2P) allows international community to intervene when states are unable or unwilling to protect their citizens from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
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    Co-operation in the South Atlantic Zone: amplifying the African agenda

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    South Africa’s foreign policy prioritises peaceful and sustainable growth in Africa by maximising its external engagements in increasingly strategic ways.
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    The African capacity for immediate response to crisis: advice for African policymakers

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    Despite the operationalisation of the African Standby Force (ASF) within the AU security system, rapid reaction remains a challenging task. The current paper states that the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crisis (ACIRC) has been proposed following an initiative from South Africa, in order to equip the AU with a rapid deployment instrument.
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    Shifting security challenges in the China–Africa relationship

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    China’s involvement in African security has deepened in recent years. This policy insights paper discusses three aspects of the China–Africa security relationship to highlight some of the evolving challenges and the ways in which China responds to these.

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