Customary laws are customs which are accepted as legal requirements or rules of conduct. They are so vital to the functioning of a society that they are treated as law. These laws concern the norms, laws and practices of indigeneous and native people and communities. Indigeneous people are the
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Data protection: the need for a legal framework
What is data protection? Data protection is also known as data privacy or information privacy. It is the process through which information about individuals is only allowed to be viewed by those who have been given permission to it, and deals with protecting the integrity of the data. This
Why is Lesotho’s Prime Minister stepping down?
Thomas Thabane has been Prime Minister of Lesotho since June 2017, and before that was Prime Minister between June 2012 and March 2017. The 80-year-old recently announced he will step down from the office of Prime Minister, saying that he is no longer ‘energetic.’ However, it is not
How can you tell left from right in politics?
Politics can be confusing sometimes. There are so many politicians and policies that it is hard to keep track. To make things easier, people and ideas are often described as ‘left-wing’ or ‘right-wing’. There are no actual wings in politics, so what do these terms mean? In general,
What is state censorship and what are its effects?
WHAT IS STATE CENSORSHIP? State censorship is the prohibition of certain parts of books, films, music, the internet and the news which the state deems to be unacceptable. REASONS FOR STATE CENSORSHIP MORAL STANDARDS The state may censor certain publications which it deems offensive or too graphic. These moral standards
How the Sustainable Development Goals affect everyone
What do the United Nations do? The United Nations (UN) is a 75-year-old international organization connecting 193 countries in the world. These countries meet to discuss world problems and collaborate to solve them The UN forms special groups that tackle specific issues. These include preventing conflict, looking after the environment,
How open are democracies to women?
A democracy is a system in which everyone in the country who is old enough to vote can participate in choosing the next government. But in countries where everyone can vote, and the population is 50% women, why do women appear so little in positions of power? The average percentage
Political philosophy – why how we think matters
We each have our own understanding of ourselves and what is right. Some think that human nature consists in our own individuality and independence, while others argue that what it means to be human is community spirit. Some think that we have particular duties to society and to the law.
Where do governments get power from?
Governments have the power to affect our lives in many ways. They determine what we are legally allowed to do, they decide how to enforce the law, and they choose how much money to spend on schools, hospitals, and other public services. But where do they get this power from?
Ethiopia elevates four regional languages to federal government status
Amharic Since the 1930s, under the law by emperor Haile Selassie, the official federal government language of Ethiopia has been Amharic, which is descended from the ancient Ethiopian language Ge’ez. However, the Amharic language is actually only spoken by approximately 29% of the entire Ethiopian population, with 22 millions Ethiopians