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1 United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; such an approach has also been reflected in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
2 Resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly (UNGA Citation2000).
3 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Conventions on the rights of women and the child, several fundamental ILO conventions, environmental treaties and treaties on the rights of indigenous peoples, migrants and refugees.
4 UN (Citation2013).
5 OWG (Citationn.d.)
6 UN (Citation2012a).
7 UN (Citation2014).
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Olivia Kokushubila Lwabukuna
DR OLIVIA KOKUSHUBILA LWABUKUNA is a legal and policy specialist based at the Africa Institute within the South African Human Sciences Research Council. She works on issues of law and development in Africa, specifically interrogating the role of law and legal reform in African development.