The elusive justice for women: a critical analysis of rape law and practice in Kenya

Lekakeny, Ruth Nekura

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dc.contributor.advisor	Smythe, Dee	en_ZA
dc.contributor.author	Lekakeny, Ruth Nekura	en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned	2015-11-21T09:39:29Z
dc.date.available	2015-11-21T09:39:29Z
dc.date.issued	2015	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Lekakeny, R. 2015. The elusive justice for women: a critical analysis of rape law and practice in Kenya. University of Cape Town.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15207
dc.description.abstract	This thesis seeks to uncover the challenges encountered by women and girl victims of rape in seeking recourse through the criminal justice system in Kenya. To do this I focus on their experiences in three major points of service provision, i.e. the police, the health facilities and the courts. I then explore, as a secondary research question, whether an integrated service provision approach provides solutions to these challenges. Article 48 of the Constitution of Kenya provides that 'The state shall ensure access to justice for all persons and, if any fee is required, it shall be reasonable and shall not impede access to justice'27 This obligation places a tall order on the state and all its agents to ensure that anyone in pursuit of justice should access it with the minimum obstacles.	en_ZA
dc.language.iso	eng	en_ZA
dc.subject.other	Human Rights Law	en_ZA
dc.title	The elusive justice for women: a critical analysis of rape law and practice in Kenya	en_ZA
dc.type	Master Thesis
uct.type.publication	Research	en_ZA
uct.type.resource	Thesis	en_ZA
dc.publisher.institution	University of Cape Town
dc.publisher.faculty	Faculty of Law	en_ZA
dc.publisher.department	Department of Public Law	en_ZA
dc.type.qualificationlevel	Masters
dc.type.qualificationname	LLM	en_ZA
uct.type.filetype	Text
uct.type.filetype	Image
dc.identifier.apacitation	Lekakeny, R. N. (2015). <i>The elusive justice for women: a critical analysis of rape law and practice in Kenya</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15207	en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation	Lekakeny, Ruth Nekura. <i>"The elusive justice for women: a critical analysis of rape law and practice in Kenya."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15207	en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation	Lekakeny RN. The elusive justice for women: a critical analysis of rape law and practice in Kenya. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15207	en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris	TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Lekakeny, Ruth Nekura AB - This thesis seeks to uncover the challenges encountered by women and girl victims of rape in seeking recourse through the criminal justice system in Kenya. To do this I focus on their experiences in three major points of service provision, i.e. the police, the health facilities and the courts. I then explore, as a secondary research question, whether an integrated service provision approach provides solutions to these challenges. Article 48 of the Constitution of Kenya provides that 'The state shall ensure access to justice for all persons and, if any fee is required, it shall be reasonable and shall not impede access to justice'27 This obligation places a tall order on the state and all its agents to ensure that anyone in pursuit of justice should access it with the minimum obstacles. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The elusive justice for women: a critical analysis of rape law and practice in Kenya TI - The elusive justice for women: a critical analysis of rape law and practice in Kenya UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15207 ER -	en_ZA