Ephrahim v. Pastory and Kaizilege

Abstract

Human rights — Discrimination — Sex discrimination — Rights of women to inherit and sell land — Tanzania Haya customary law — Sale of clan land — Customary law permitting only men to sell clan land — Tanzanian Bill of Rights 1984 — Incorporation of Universal Declaration of Human Rights into Bill of Rights — Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 — African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1981

Treaties — Effect in municipal law — Human rights treaties — Effect in Tanzanian law — Guide to interpretation of Tanzanian Bill of Rights — The law of Tanzania