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The Socio-Economic Impact of Pre-Trial Detention in Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia
(Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2016)
The project was informed by an understanding of how socio-economic rights intersect with fair trial rights. The nature of the obligations on states, as set out in instruments such as the International Covenant on Economic, ...
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 ...
Race, gender and socio-economic status in law enforcement in South Africa – are there worrying signs?
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2013)
In the South African context the right to equality has particular significance given the country’s history of statutory unfair racial discrimination. This paper investigates, based on quantitative data, how different ...
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 ...
Ten years after the Jali Commission: Assessing the state of South Africa’s prisons
(South African Crime Quarterly, 2016)
Ten years have lapsed since the Jali Commission’s final report became publicly available, and it is therefore an opportune time to assess the state of South Africa’s prison system. The Jali Commission was appointed when ...
Punished for being Poor: Evidence and Arguments for the Decriminalisation and Declassification of Petty Offences
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2015)
The Ouagadougou Declaration and Plan of Action on Accelerating Prison and Penal Reform in Africa of 20031 endorsed recommendations calling for reducing the size of prison populations in Africa. The Plan of Action recommended ...
The right of prisoners to vote in Africa: An update
(Africa Criminal Justice Reform, 2019)
Broadly speaking, universal suffrage refers to the rights conferred on adult citizens of a country to vote, however, there are always restrictions to a greater or lesser degree on who can vote in every democratic political ...
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 ...
An Assessment of the National Prosecuting Authority: A Controversial Past and Recommendations for the Future
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2017)
The Constitution of South Africa provides for a single, independent national prosecution authority. The office of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) was formally established through the National Prosecuting Authority ...