Lilian Chenwi

Biographic Data

ID1587557
NAMELilian Chenwi
GIVEN NAMESLilian
FAMILY NAMEChenwi
SIGNATURECHENWI L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Western Cape
ORCID0000-0002-9245-8945
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • Women ́s Representation and Rights in the African Court

    Open AccessLilian ChenwiARTICLEThe Age of Human Rights Journal2022References: 1

    The African Union and African states’ have committed to upholding gender equality and women’s rights. A pivotal mechanism for advancing this commitment and human rights in general is the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, with its broad substantive jurisdiction. This article considers the legal basis for gender parity and the extent to which gender representation and women’s rights has been advanced through or by the Court. It establishe…

  • Research Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights

    Jackie Dugard, Bruce Porter et al.EDITORBOOKResearch Handbook on Economic,…2020

  • The Downfall of the Mandatory Death Penalty in Kenya

    Open AccessLilian ChenwiARTICLEJournal of African Law2019

    The retention and use of the death penalty, especially the mandatory death penalty, continues to be an issue of controversy and concern in Africa and elsewhere. Accordingly, African states are slowly but increasingly moving away from the death penalty, with many of them abolishing it either de facto or de jure, or limiting its use, with some finding its mandatory application to be unlawful. This article considers the recent Supreme Court of Kenya…

  • Lessons from the Al-Bashir Debacle

    Lilian Chenwi, Franziska SuckerARTICLEVerfassung in Recht und Übersee2018

    VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , Seite 240 - 268

  • The Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Africa

    Open AccessDanwood Mzikenge Chirwa, Lilian ChenwiEDITORBOOKProtection of Economic, Social…2016

    The Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Africa critiques the three main models of constitutionally protecting economic, social and cultural rights in Africa - direct, indirect and hybrid models. It examines the choices that states have made, how the models have worked, whether they have been tested in litigation and the jurisprudence that has arisen. The book analyses the protection of the economic, social and cultural rights in…

  • Socio-economic Gains and Losses

    Open AccessLilian ChenwiARTICLESocial Change2011References: 7

    The inclusion of socio-economic rights in South Africa’s transformative Constitution, it was felt, would make the Constitution relevant to the majority of South Africans, in particular the previously oppressed. Accordingly, the courts, the Constitutional Court in particular, have sought to translate these rights into concrete benefits that make a real difference for those for whom poverty is a lived reality, demonstrating that they are willing to…

  • A Woman’S Home Is Her Castle?’ – Poor Women And Housing Inadequacy In South Africa

    Kirsty Mclean, Lilian ChenwiARTICLESouth African Journal on Human…2009Cited by: 2

    Housing legislation and policies in South Africa attempt to incorporate gender concerns and ensure women's participation in housing delivery. Despite this, a number of inadequacies and gaps in the implementation of legislation and policies exist. Moreover, the legal and social framework through which housing delivery takes place results in inequities in access to housing. A gendered, or feminist, perspective on women and access to housing conside…

  • Putting Flesh on the Skeleton

    Lilian ChenwiARTICLEHuman Rights Law Review2008Cited by: 1

    Access to adequate housing is one of the greatest challenges facing the South African government today. The country's housing situation is characterised by a severe housing shortage, a huge backlog in the provision of housing, provision of inadequate housing and severe overcrowding in existing dwellings. In addition, evictions that at times result in homelessness are a daily occurrence. The government has put in place a number of legislative and …

  • Fair Trial Rights and Their Relation to the Death Penalty in Africa

    Open AccessLilian ChenwiARTICLEInternational and Comparative Law…2006Cited by: 3References: 5

    A fair trial is a basic element of the notion of the rule of law, 1 and the principles of ‘due process’ and ‘the rule of law’ are fundamental to the protection of human rights. 2 At the centre of any legal system, therefore, must be a means by which legal rights are asserted and breaches remedied through the process of a fair trial in court, as the law is useless without effective remedies. 3 The fairness of the legal process has a particular sig…

  • Draft Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

    Open AccessLilian Chenwi, Christopher MbaziraARTICLENetherlands Quarterly of Human…1995Cited by: 1

    Historically, economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights) have received less protection through enforcement mechanisms than civil and political rights. Victims of ESC rights violations do not have the opportunity of submitting formal complaints to the Committee on \nEconomic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), the supervisory body of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Conversely, the 1976 Optional …