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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 ...
Spent convictions in Mauritius: Analysing the Police and Criminal Evidence Bill, 2013
(Juta Law, 2015)
For many years courts in Mauritius have considered a conviction that was
at least 10 years old to be spent for the purpose of sentencing. However, in
2002 the Mauritian Supreme Court held that there was no concept of ...
Sentencing primary caregivers of young children
(Juta Law, 2011)
Traditionally a judicial officer was not required to consider the effects
of the imposed sentence on the children of the offender, even if the
offender was a primary caregiver of young children. The Court in S v M
(Centre ...
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 ...