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This article was published in AHRLJ Volume 15 No 1 2015. Although South African courts have expressly held that any evidence obtained through torture is always ...

Ex-prisoners' Views on Imprisonment and Re-Entry

In the past 15 years much research has been conducted on the prison system in South Africa focusing on governance, law reform and human rights. It is, however, ...

Expert report by CSPRI to the Khayelitsha Commission on the independent oversight of police stations

This report deals with the following: the value of independent oversight, foreign and international models of best practice, oversight structures relevant to ...

This fact sheet considers South African and International Law on the issue of solitary confinement and segregation.

This fact sheet explains sentencing under section 276(1)(i) of the Criminal Procedure Act, with particular reference to the case of Oscar Pistorius.

Since 2009 the Criminal Procedure Act provides for the expungement of certain criminal records depending on the sentence that was imposed. This fact sheet ...

The Child Justice Act since 2008 makes provision for the expungement of criminal records for offences committed by a child. Eligibility for expungement depends ...

The recent announcement by President Ramaphosa to call together a committee of experts to assist him to appoint a new National Director of Public Prosecutions ...