Browsing Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights by Subject "Death penalty"

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    • The changing face of life imprisonment in South Africa 

      Jamil Ddamulira, Mujuzi (Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2008)
      This article investigates the meaning and use of life imprisonment in South Africa in four major legal historical eras: life imprisonment at the time when the death penalty was still lawful in South Africa (including life ...

    • The death penalty in the Cape Provincial Division: 1986-1988 

      Julia, Sloth-Nielsen; Christina, Murray (South African Journal on Human Rights, 1989)
      This article presents the data that we collected in four tables. These are explained in the first section below. The second part of the article examines three issues that emerge from the data. First, we note the disparity ...

    • Fair Trial Rights and Their Relation to the Death Penalty in Africa 

      Chenwi, Lilian (International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 2006)
      A fair trial is a basic element of the notion of the rule of law, and the principles of ‘due process’ and ‘the rule of law’ are fundamental to the protection of human rights. At the centre of any legal system, therefore, ...

    • A gendered analysis of Section 48(2)(d) of the Zimbabwean Constitution of 2013 

      Durojaye, Ebenezer (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      The purpose of this article is to critically review the provision of section 48 (2) (d) of the Zimbabwean Constitution from a gendered perspective. Section 48 (2) (d) of the Constitution would seem to have abolished death ...

    • Initiating constructive debate: a critical reflection on the death penalty in Africa 

      Chenwi, Lilian (Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, 2006)
      For the first time in the agenda of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, during the 36th Ordinary Session (2004), the death penalty was one of the issues discussed. Commissioner Chirwa initiated debate on ...