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Implementing Article 45 of the UN Convention against Corruption in Africa: prospects and challenges
(Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2013)
Article 45 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption empowers states parties to enter into bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements on the transfer of offenders convicted of offences in one country ...
The admissibility of evidence obtained through human rights violations in Mauritius
(Juta Law Publishing, 2018)
The Constitution of Mauritius, unlike those of South Africa, Zimbabwe and
Kenya, does not guide courts on the issue of the admissibility of evidence
obtained through human rights. Jurisprudence from Mauritius shows
courts ...
Seychellois courts and the protection of the right to equal protection of the law
(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 ...
Victim participation in the criminal justice system in the European Union through private prosecutions: Issues emerging from the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2016)
Private prosecutions are one of the ways through which crime victims in many European countries participate in the criminal justice system. However, there seems to be a reluctance at the Council of Europe level to strengthen ...
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)
(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 ...
Private prosecutions in Zimbabwe Victim participation in the criminal justice system
(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 Zanzibar
(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 ...
The admissibility in Namibia of evidence obtained through human rights violations
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2016)
Unlike the case in other African countries, such as South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe, the Namibian Constitution does not require courts to exclude evidence obtained through human rights violations if the admission of that ...
Private prosecutions in Zimbabwe: Victim participation in the criminal justice system
(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 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
(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 ...