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Juvenile justice review 1997
(South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 1998)
The 1997 juvenile justice review charts developments in juvenile justice law in South Africa from November 1996 until October 1997. The most significant development during 1997 was the release of the issue paper on Juvenile ...
Guide to the UN Convention against torture in South Africa
(Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2008)
This publication is a guide to the UN Convention against Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) for the South African context. The guide is furthermore aimed at civil society organisations ...
The changing face of life imprisonment in South Africa
(Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2008)
This article investigates the meaning and use of life imprisonment in South Africa in four major legal historical eras: life imprisonment at the time when the death penalty was still lawful in South Africa (including life ...
Prisoners’ right of access to antiretroviral treatment
(ESR Review, 2006)
Prisoners are susceptible to a number of illness and diseases due, in part, to poor living conditions in prisons (e.g. overcrowding and poor nutrition), substance abuse and sexual violence (e.g. male rape). The rate of HIV ...
Juvenile justice review 1994-1995
(South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 1995)
This review of the state of juvenile justice in South Africa introduces a new section to this journal in which annual developments relating to law and policy in the field of juvenile justice will be examined. Juvenile ...
Juvenile justice review 1998
(South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 1999)
The 1998 Juvenile Justice Review charts developments in juvenile justice law and practice in South Africa from October 1997 until October 1998. However, the release of the South African Law Commission discussion paper on ...
The criminalization of torture in South Africa
(Cambridge University Press, 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 ...
The human rights implications of virginity testing in South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2016)
This article examines the historical context of virginity testing in Southern Africa with a focus on South Africa. It then examines the arguments often adduced in justifying the introduction of this practice. The two major ...
Research report on remand detention in South Africa: an overview of the current law and proposals for reform
(Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2011)
The report discusses, firstly, the bail provisions in the Criminal Procedure Act with regard to the right to liberty and in the broader constitutional notion of proportionality. Second, case law from regional and international ...
NICRO diversion options
(National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Rehabilitation of Offenders, 2000)
Since 1994 South Africa has faced many challenges but none so widely experienced as crime. The day-to-day perceptions of living in South Africa are characterised by crime, violence and uncertainty. The criminal justice ...