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DJF response to findings by JICS on solitary confinement in SA prisons
The Detention Justice Forum (DJF) released a statement in response to the findings of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Service on solitary ...
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Advice of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to States Parties and National Preventive Mechanisms relating to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Advice of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to States Parties and National Preventive Mechanisms relating to the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Solitary Confinement - A review of the legal framework and practice in five African countries
This report investigates the legal frameworks of five African countries (Kenya Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia) as they relate to the use of ...
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Developments in Addressing Torture in Mozambique
This article assesses developments in the prevention and eradication of torture in Mozambique. Despite several
positive efforts and advances made, acts of ...
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Desenvolvimentos na abordagem da tortura em Moçambique: Um relatório situacional
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Submission to South Africa's Parliament - 2015 strategic planning session
This submission to the South African parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services' strategic planning session addresses the issues of ...
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Evidence obtained through violating the right to freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in South Africa
This article was published in AHRLJ Volume 15 No 1 2015.
Although South African courts have expressly held that any evidence obtained through torture is always ...
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Submission to South Africa's Parliament on the DCS 2013/14 Annual Report
This submission discusses the 2013/14 Department of Correctional Services (South Africa) Annual Report. More specifically, it discusses human rights violations ...
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Prevention of Torture
The right not to be subject to torture and other ill-treatment is non-derogable; no one may be subjected to torture and other ill-treatment under any ...
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Man dragged 400m by South African Police vehicle dies in detention
The man, a 27-year-old Mozambican taxi driver identified as Mido Macia, in detention of head injuries and internal bleeding, according to an initial post ...
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