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Eni US Operating Co. v. Transocean: The Fifth Circuit Throws the Implicit Finding Rule Overboard
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Makana People\u27s Centre v. Minister of Health and Others: The Constitutional Court of South Africa Upholds Mental Health Care Framework After Life Esidimeni
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Getty Trust v. Italy: The Getty Museum and Italy’s Ongoing Battle for Cultural Restitution of the “Victorious Youth”
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Full text linkChallenging the Single Axis from the Nexus: Operationalizing Intersectionality in International Human Rights Law to Adequately Address the Corrective Rape of Black Lesbians in South Africa
Full text linkIntersectionality refers to the synergistic interaction between various facets of an individual’sidentities that may result in compounded oppression. While intersectionality discourse has beenaround since the ’80s, the international human rights law framework has yet to do away with itssingle-axis model of discrimination law, posing a challenge to adequately addressing human rightsviolations like corrective rape. The corrective rape of Black lesbians in South Africa falls squarelyinto the category of intersectional discrimination, as in this specific context, it is heavily predicatedon the compounded effect of individuals’ race, gender and sexual orientation. This Article exploresopportunities for mainstreaming intersectionality in order to increase protections for persons withintersecting marginalized identities under the IHRL framework. In doing so, it makes the case thatunder the specific rubrics of intersectional mainstreaming and joint interpretive instruments,international human rights law can contribute meaningfully to the struggle for equal rights andjustice for Black lesbians in South Africa
