Munyonzwe Hamalengwa

Post-conflict South Africa has become an unwanted orphan of International Criminal Law.

These questions can only be answered by presenting hypotheticals. Let us begin the analysis by presenting an analogical premise. Torture is outlawed in international law and is non-derogable, that is, there are supposedly no exceptions under which torture is permissible.

Women have now climbed to the highest apex of judicial power in a number of countries. They have also climbed higher in positions of power in several countries. Both the chief justice and deputy chief justice in Zambia as of mid-2012 were female jurists. The chief justice of Nigeria is female.