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ISSUE PAPERS: Key issues in the NPA - Are we understanding the problem correctly?
In a series of five Issue Papers, Lukas Muntingh and Jean Redpath take a few steps back and ask whether we are indeed problematising the correct issues and, if ...
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Fact Sheet: Solitary Confinement and Segregation
This fact sheet considers South African and International Law on the issue of solitary confinement and segregation.
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Understanding Oscar’s sentence: Sentencing under Section 276(1)(i) of the Criminal Procedure Act
This fact sheet explains sentencing under section 276(1)(i) of the Criminal Procedure Act, with particular reference to the case of Oscar Pistorius.
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Guide to UN Convention Against Torture in South Africa
This publication, released in 2011, is an update to the earlier version published in 2008. It provides an up to date guide to the implementation of the UN ...
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Preventing and Combating Torture in South Africa : A framework for action under CAT and OPCAT
In 1998 South Africa ratified the UN Convention Against Torture, and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) and in 2006 signed the ...
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Guide to UN Convention Against Torture in South Africa
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Pocket Guide to Arrest and Detention in Malawi
This guide is for anyone who needs a quick reference to the laws around arrest and detention in Malawi. This may include police, court clerks, prosecutors, ...
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Power-point Presentation on the Review of the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons of South Africa
The presentation provides an overview of the research conducted to assess the efficacy of the Judicial Inspectorate for Prisons in South Africa.
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Submission to the South African Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development on the Criminal Law (Sentencing) Amendment Bill [B15-2007]
This submission is made to the South African Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development and addresses the Criminal Law (Sentencing) ...
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Submission to the South African Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on the Implementation Plans for the Victim’s Charter
This submission to the South African Department of Justice and Constitutional Development deals with the Implementation Plans for the Victim’s Charter with a ...
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