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Solitary Confinement - A review of the legal framework and practice in five African countries
(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 ...
Modest beginnings, high hopes: The Western Cape Police Ombudsman
(South African Crime Quarterly, 2018)
In 2013 the Western Cape legislature passed the Western Cape Community Safety Act (WCCSA) to improve monitoring of and oversight over the police. One creation of the WCCSA is the Western Cape Police Ombudsman, which became ...
Multilevel government in South Africa, Ethiopia and Kenya
(Forum Of Federations, 2018)
This paper aims to inform policy makers and stakeholders in the
Philippines about the critical features of, and practical experiences
with, federalism and decentralization in South Africa, Kenya and
Ethiopia. The ...
“Don’t try this at home?”: Reasonable or moderate chastisement, and the rights of the child in South Africa with YG v S in perspective
(SAFLII, 2018)
In October 2017, in YG v The State, the High Court in Gauteng handed down a judgment that declared the common-law defence of “reasonable or moderate chastisement” unconstitutional. This article, while not a case comment, ...
Civic space and human rights advocacy in the extractive industry in Uganda: Implications of the 2016 Non-Governmental Organisations Act for oil and gas civil society organisations
(African Human Rights Law Journal, 2018)
The discovery of oil and gas in Uganda has been identified as having the potential to transform Uganda’s economy, moving Uganda away from a predominantly low-income to a competitive upper-middle-income country by 2040. ...
The appointment and dismissal of the NDPP: Instability since 1998
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)
The position of National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) has emerged since 1998 as one of the most unstable positions in government. This can to a large degree t be ascribed to how appointments and dismissals are ...
National Prosecuting Authority Performance
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)
The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) was created by legislation which came into effect in August 1998, and became a stand-alone entity in 2002/3, whereas previously it was more closely embedded in the ...
Expungement of a criminal record Crimes committed by a child
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)
Expungement removes the criminal record of your conviction from the Criminal Record Centre of the South African Police Service (SAPS). This allows a person to carry on with life without a criminal record being an obstruction ...
Expungement of a criminal record May 2018 Crimes committed by an adult
(2018)
Expungement removes the criminal record of your
conviction from the Criminal Record Centre of the
South African Police Service (SAPS).This allows a person to carry on with life without a criminal record being an obstruction ...
Indefinite imprisonment in South Africa: The difference between life and indefinite imprisonment
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)
In May 2018, Pieter Van Tonder was sentenced to indefinite imprisonment in the Cape High Court. Van Tonder brutally assaulted and murdered the 16-month old baby of his ex-girlfriend. This case happened shortly after the ...