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Parliamentary Submission on the 2008/9 DCS Annual Report
This submission to the South African parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on the 2008/9 Department of Correctional Services ...
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Policy on the Prevention of Torture and the Treatment of Persons in Custody of the South African Police Service
This policy document seeks to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of persons in custody of the South African Police Service (SAPS). ...
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Pre-trial Detention and Torture: Why Pretrial Detainees Face the Greatest Risk
This paper is part of a series of papers examining the impact of excessive pretrial
detention. In addition to the socioeconomic impact of pretrial detention, ...
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Preliminary Note of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: Mission to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
"Another major problem identified by the Special Rapporteur was the allegation that some persons suspected of political crimes had been held in solitary ...
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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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Report of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: Mission to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
"... a comprehensive law prohibiting torture and providing for the prosecution of torturers was adopted in 2006. However, on the basis of discussions with ...
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Rwanda: Shrouded in secrecy Illegal detention and torture by Rwanda’s military intelligence
Amnesty International began to receive reports of enforced disappearances, torture and other ill-treatment by Rwandan military intelligence in March 2010. This ...
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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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State Violence in Morocco: Alternative Report to the United Nations Committee on Torture
This report on state violence and torture in the Kingdom of Morocco was presented at the 31st session of the Committee against Torture, which took place in ...
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Submission by CSPRI on torture in prisons to the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services
On 30 November 2011, CSPRI’s Project Coordinator Lukas Muntingh presented a submission on the prevention and eradication of torture in South African prisons to ...
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