Browsing Civil Society Prison Reform by Author "Lorizzo, Tina"
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The African Commission’s Guidelines on Pre-trial Detention: Implications for Angola and Mozambique
Lorizzo, Tina (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2014)On 8 May 2014, in Luanda (Angola), the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) adopted the Guidelines on the Use and Conditions of Arrest, Police Custody and Pre-trial Detention in Africa (hereafter the ... -
Solitary Confinement - A review of the legal framework and practice in five African countries
Petersen, Kristen; Mahomed, Safeeya; Muntingh, Lukas; Lorizzo, Tina (Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)The effect of long periods of solitary confinement have been shown to have severe impacts on a prisoner’s mental and physical well-being. The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has noted that the use of prolonged solitary ...