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Is the Act working for children? The first year implementation of the Child Justice Act
(Institute for Security Studies, 2011)
The Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 mandates the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development to
report annually on the implementation of the Child Justice Act to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee
on Justice and ...
Unsustainable and unjust: Criminal justice policy and remand detention since 1994
(Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2014)
The 'tough on crime' approach embodied in bail and sentencing law has had a profound impact on the trends around remand detention, including prison overcrowding of such an extent that it is estimated to have contributed ...
The conditional early release of offenders transferred from the Special Court for Sierra Leone to serve their sentences in designated states: some observations and recommendations
(Juta Law, 2014)
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) (now the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone) convicted various offenders of crimes, such as war crimes and crimes against humanity. These convicted offenders were sentenced ...
The CRC in South Africa 15 years on: does the new Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 comply with international children’s rights instruments?
(Queens University, Belfast School of Law, 2011)
Article 40 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child1 requires states parties to take
appropriate measures to ensure that children accused of committing offences are treated in a manner that
would ensure ...