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Submission to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services
This submission deals with South Africa’s performance in relation to, and compliance with,
international standards with reference to offender management, ...
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Submission on the Draft White Paper on the Police and the Draft White Paper on Safety and the Draft White Paper on Safety and Security
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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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Expert report by CSPRI to the Khayelitsha Commission on the independent oversight of police stations
This report deals with the following: the value of independent oversight, foreign and international models of best practice, oversight structures relevant to ...
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South Africa's Torture Act promulgated
South Africa's President Zuma signed the Prevention and Combating of Torture of Persons Act No. 13 of 2013 into law on 25 July 2013.
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Presentation on Remand Detention Trends for the Round Table on Remand Detention
This presentation indicates that the state now incarcerates close to 3 remand detainees for every person a judicial officer eventually finds guilty and ...
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Press Release on Overcrowding
CSPRI responds to the Minister of Justice’s claim that prison overcrowding is an indication of the NPA “doing a good job”. Statistics provided by CSPRI ...
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CSPRI hosts a round table on South Africa's Remand Detention White Paper
The Chief Deputy Commissioner for Remand in the Department of Correctional Services, Ms Britta Rotmann, explained the thinking behind the final draft white ...
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Round Table on Remand (Pre-trial) Detention in South Africa
Presentation by Jean Redpath, CSPRI researcher
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