In December 2020, the Constitutional Court confirmed the order of constitutional invalidity made by the Western Cape High Court in Sonke Gender Justice NPC v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others regarding certain provisions of the Correctional Services Act dealing with the independence of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services. The Court gave Parliament two years to rectify these issues; an approach that has been used previously by the Court. The two-year period will lapse on 3 December 2022, which is less than three months into the future. The Detention Justice Forum calls on all relevant state actors to make public the plan for meaningful public participation on the draft Bill and all steps necessary to ensure that the Sonke decision is substantively given effect to.
Submissions
This submission is in relation to draft regulations published in Gazette 46048 of 15 March 2022
ACJR statement to the African Commission under the item Human Rights Situation in Africa addresses the concerns around African States' handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that law enforcement officials implicated in rights violations against citizens in the context of COVID-19 have not been held accountable for their actions.
ACJR statement to the African Commission under Agenda Item 3: Human Rights Situation in Africa addresses the concerns around African States handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as highlighted by our research titled ‘Criminal justice, human rights and COVID-19 - a comparative study of measures taken in five African countries namely, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zambia.'
ACJR submission to the National Preventive Mechanism Draft Discussion Paper 2020: The role of Civil Society in the work of the NPM , 23 October 2020.
This is a Submission by ACJR on the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services Draft Bill
Submission by the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape on ‘The Contribution of SOE's to Vision 2030: case studies of Eskom, Transnet and PRASA’, 30 June 2020
ACJR Submission to the City of Cape Town on the draft Streets, Public Places and the Prevention of Public Noise Nuisances Amendment By‐law, 2021
Submission by Africa Criminal Justice Reform (ACJR) to the Constitutional Review Committee | June 2021
Appointing Directors to the Boards of State-Owned Enterprises: A proposed framework to assess suitability
This submission considers a selection of the provisions of the draft SAPS Bill 2020 affecting local and provincial government.
This submission deals with two issues (1) Coordination across the criminal justice system (2) Priorities for reform in SAPS as they pertain to the draft SAPS Amendment Bill 2020.