An eventual sustained democratic transition process in Zimbabwe may include a 'truth and reconciliation' commission. The need for-and possible form of-any such institution is situated in a number of discussions: the balance of principle and pragmatism that peace deals sometimes require; comparative experiences in other societies and the promise and limits of institutional modelling; the dynamic between global expectations or prescriptions and ground-level exigencies; the interface of international criminal law and institutions with national-level justice processes; the content of the State's international legal duty to afford a remedy. In considering the extent of an international normative framework limiting the justice options of transitional States, a certain margin of appreciation may be appropriate or necessary to enable a society to reconcile with its violent past on its own terms.
This article considers the issue of reparation for slavery and the claim for reparation advanced by African states against the West. The paper begins by briefly outlining the principles relating to State responsibility and reparation in international law, and gives an overview of the recognised forms of legal reparation that exist. The paper then provides some exploratory discussion on the issue of reparation for slavery. It is exploratory in the sense that this is a matter which has received scant attention in recent international law literature. As regards the current call for reparation, the author identifies the weaknesses of legal claims within the existing international law paradigm of State responsibility. As an alternative, the paper considers ways in which political strategies might be employed to achieve reparation. In particular, the author aims to align calls for reparation for slavery with existing claims to development by African states, as a means by which a moral global economy can be achieved. In this regard, the author considers the feasibility of the different forms of reparation, insofar as they are able to underpin and advance the idea of a moral global economy. The paper also briefly examines the issue of reparation for colonialism and considers how the insights as regards reparation for slavery might be useful in relation to reparation claims for colonialism. * Max du Plessis graduated with an LL.M from the University of Cambridge and is an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. He is a
Role of business process re-engineering in the formulation of an information technology strategy for an organization.In this study it was concluded that business process re-engineering usually has a resulting impact on information technology, and therefore on the information technology strategy of an enterprise. Selected findings on the effect of business process re-engineering (BPR) on information technology strategies, made during the course of this study, include: information technology is an integral part of BPR; either information technology or BPR can be the driver of a re-engineering project; BPR hightens the status of information technology within an enterprise; BPR has an effect on the way information is utilized; information scientists, information technology specialists and business experts are essential for any re-engineering team; BPR affects the nature of the information technology strategy by linking it to the business strategy and BPR will necessitate the regular revision of the information technology strategy. Business process re-engineering will alter the way in which information technology strategies have been perceived and applied in enterprises.Besigheidsprosesherontwerp het 'n definitiewe impak op inligtingstegnologie en derhalwe op 'n inligtingstegnologiestrategie van 'n onderneming. Geselekteerde bevindinge wat tydens hierdie studie gemaak is, sluit die volgende in: inligtingstegnologie is 'n integrale deel van besigheidsprosesherontwerp; beide inligtingstegnologie en besigheidsprosesherontwerp kan die aandrywers wees van 'n besigheidsprosesherontwerpprojek; besigheidsprosesherontwerp verhoog die status van inligtingstegnologie in 'n onderneming; inligtingkundiges, inligtingstegnologiespesialiste sowel as besigheidspesialiste is noodsaaklik as lede van 'n besigheidsprosesherontwerpspan; besigheidsprosesherontwerp raak die aard van 'n inligtingstegnologiestrategie deurdat dit koppel aan die besigheidstrategie; besigheidsprosesherontwerp sal die gereelde aanpassing van 'n inligtingstegnologiestrategie noodsaaklik maak. Die eindresultaat is dus dat besigheidsprosesherontwerp die wyse waarop inligtingstegnologiestrategiee saamgestel en aangewend word, be"invloed.*Outeur aan wie korrespondensie gerig moet word. Die kernprobleem volgens die navorsers is in hoe 'n mate
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