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The socio-economic impact of pre-trial detention in Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia
(Springer Verlag, 2018)
The presumed link between the rule of law and development suggests that
an operational justice system is key to development. The research sought to
understand and quantify how the decision to detain an accused person ...
The Socio-Economic Impact of Pre-Trial Detention in Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia
(Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2016)
The project was informed by an understanding of how socio-economic rights intersect with fair trial rights. The nature of the obligations on states, as set out in instruments such as the International Covenant on Economic, ...
Unconscionable and irrational: SAPS human resource allocation
(South African Crime Quarterly, 2015)
The Khayelitsha Commission revealed that areas that are predominantly populated by people who are poor and black are systematically allocated only a small fraction of the average per capita allocation of police personnel ...
Pocket Guide to Arrest and Detention in Malawi, Lilongwe
(Paralegal Advisory Services Institute (PASI), Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), the Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA), and the Community Law Centre (CLC) of the University of the Western Cape, 2015)
This guide is for anyone who needs a quick reference to the laws around arrest and detention in Malawi. This may include police, court clerks, prosecutors, magistrates, paralegals and detainees.
First there is an orientation ...
An Assessment of the National Prosecuting Authority: A Controversial Past and Recommendations for the Future
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2017)
The Constitution of South Africa provides for a single, independent national prosecution authority. The office of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) was formally established through the National Prosecuting Authority ...
Constructing pre-trial detention indicators for African contexts: Problems and proposals
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2015)
This discussion paper arose from the conundrum faced by a paralegal organisation working in an African country in demonstrating both that pre-trial detention is a problem in that country, and that their work has an impact ...