Browsing Faculty of Law by Author "Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira"
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The power of prosecutorial heads to intervene in private prosecutions in commonwealth countries
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (Loyola College of Social Sciences, 2022)In most countries public prosecutors are responsible for prosecuting offences. In Commonwealth countries, public prosecutors are headed by Directors of Public Prosecution (DPP), Prosecutors General (PG) or Attorneys-General ... -
Prisoner transfer to South Africa: Some of the likely challenges ahead
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (North-West University, 2013)For many years the South African government has been reluctant to enter into prisoner transfer agreements. This reluctance is demonstrated by at least two instances. The first is that in 2000 there was an attempt by an ... -
Prisoners' right to vote in Uganda: Comment on Kalali Steven v Attorney General and the Electoral Commission
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (EISA, 2020)Article 59 of the Constitution of Uganda (1995) provides for the right to vote. Although the Constitution does not prohibit prisoners from voting, the Uganda Electoral Commission has never made arrangements for prisoners to ... -
Private prosecution in Nigeria under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (Cambridge University Press, 2019)Private prosecutions have been part of the Nigerian legal system for a long time. In 2015, the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) came into force. The ACJA provides for, inter alia, circumstances in which a ... -
Private prosecutions and discrimination against juristic persons in South Africa: A comment on National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development & Another
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2015)Unlike countries such as the United Kingdom, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Australia, in South Africa companies and associations are not permitted to institute private prosecutions although natural persons have a right to institute ... -
Private prosecutions in Zanzibar
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (Makerere University, 2017)In this article, the author deals with the question of private prosecutions in Zanzibar. The following issues are discussed: locus standi to institute a private prosecution; appeals in cases of private prosecution; the ... -
Private prosecutions in Zimbabwe Victim participation in the criminal justice system
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (Creative Commons, 2016)Two recent developments have changed the face of private prosecutions in Zimbabwe. Firstly, the prosecutor general had to decide: (1) whether private companies may institute private prosecutions; and (2) whether the ... -
Private prosecutions in Zimbabwe: Victim participation in the criminal justice system
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2016)Two recent developments have changed the face of private prosecutions in Zimbabwe. Firstly, the prosecutorgeneral had to decide: (1) whether private companies may institute private prosecutions; and (2) whether ... -
The prosecution in South Africa of international offences committed abroad: The need to harmonise jurisdictional requirements and clarify some issues
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (Juta Law, 2015)There are two broad exceptions to the general rule that South African courts do not have jurisdiction over offences committed outside South Africa. The first set of exceptions developed by South African courts deals with ... -
The prospect of rehabilitation as a ‘substantial and compelling’ circumstance to avoid imposing life imprisonment in South Africa: A comment on S v Nkomo
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (Juta Law, 2008)When the death penalty was declared unconstitutional in South Africa, the government enacted the Criminal Law Amendment Act in 1997 which, amongst other things, stipulated that a person convicted of some of the scheduled ... -
Protecting animals from mistreatment through private prosecutions in South Africa: A comment on National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development 2016 1 SACR 308 (SCA)
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (Cambridge University Press, 2017)The general rule in South Africa is that, when an offence is committed, the suspect has to be prosecuted by a public prosecutor. However, there is an exception whereby a victim of crime is permitted to institute a private ... -
Protecting animals from mistreatment through private prosecutions in South Africa: A comment on National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development 2016 1 SACR 308 (SCA)
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (Cambridge University Press, In press)In South Africa, the general rule is that when an offence is committed, the suspect has to be prosecuted by a public prosecutor. This is on the basis of the Constitution (section 179) and the National Prosecuting Authority ... -
Punishment in the eyes of the Constitutional Court of South Africa: the relationship between punishment and the rights of an offender in the sentencing of primary caregivers of children
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (Juta Law, 2011)Punishment has mostly focused on achieving its objectives without considering the impact a sentence will have on the rights of the offender and those under the offender's care. Drawing on the jurisprudence of the Constitutional ... -
The rule of law: Approaches of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and selected African states
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2012)The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights is empowered to promote and protect human rights in Africa. Although the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights does not expressly use the phrase 'rule of law', the ... -
Sentencing primary caregivers of young children
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (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 ... -
Serbia the case of 'missing babies' in Serbia before the European court of human rights
Moosa, Najma; Brinig, Margaret F; Sloth-Nielsen, Julia L; Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (Cambridge Core, 2019)In the case of Zorica Jovanovic v. Serbia, initiated before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in April 2008, the applicant complained of the continuing failure of the Serbian authorities to provide her with any ... -
Seychellois courts and the protection of the right to equal protection of the law
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (SAGE Publications, 2018)Unlike the constitutions of other African countries such as Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius, Zimbabwe and Namibia which expressly provide for grounds on which a person may not be discriminated against, the Constitution ... -
Spent convictions in Mauritius: Analysing the Police and Criminal Evidence Bill, 2013
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (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 ... -
Strengthening democracy through investigating, prosecuting and punishing corruption in Mauritius
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (The Human Rights and Peace Center (HURIPEC), 2015)There is a close relationship between democracy and corruption. Corruption has a negative effect on the functioning of political and democratic institutions. It affects the delivery of services such as education ... -
The supreme court of Canada and the offender's right to be transfer to serve his sentence in Canada: Interpreting the International transfer of offenders in the light of Canada's National and International Human rights obligations
Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira (De Gruyter Open, 2013)In September 2013 in the case of Divito v Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) the Supreme Court of Canada dealt with the issue of whether section 6(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the ...