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Women in detention in Africa: A review of the literature
(Routledge, 2016)
Women in prison in Africa experience compounded discrimination due to gender and poverty. Structural inequality results in women being poorly educated, having reduced access to economic resources and legal processes. Women ...
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 ...
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 ...
Arrested in Africa: An Exploration of the Issues
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2015)
Recent research and advocacy efforts have drawn attention to the excessive use of and prolonged pre-trial detention in Africa. At any given moment there are roughly 1 million people in Africa’s prisons. Far more move ...
The Criminalization of Torture in South Africa
(2016)
This article describes the politics related to the criminalization of torture in South Africa. It studies the differences between torture as an international crime and as a crime under international human rights law. The ...
NPA Accountability, trust and public interest
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2019)
This discussion document deals with three key concepts associated with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and its relation to the public, namely accountability, public interest and trust. It is presented that for the ...
Failing to prosecute? Assessing the State of the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa
(Institute for Security Studies, 2012)
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is pivotal not only in the criminal justice system, but also in the proper functioning of South Africa’s democracy. This monograph focuses on the independence, accountability and ...