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Policy Brief: Prosecutorial Independence and the Prosecution of Corruption
This paper argues that the legislation providing for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in South Africa neither encourages independence of the ...
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Policy Developments in South African Correctional Services 1994 - 2002 (Research Paper no. 1)
The period 1994 to 2002 in South African Correctional Services history is reviewed in this paper and was prompted by the apparent confusion characterizing ...
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Policy on the Prevention of Torture and the Treatment of Persons in Custody of the South African Police Service
This policy document seeks to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of persons in custody of the South African Police Service (SAPS). ...
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Pre-trial Detention and Torture: Why Pretrial Detainees Face the Greatest Risk
This paper is part of a series of papers examining the impact of excessive pretrial detention. In addition to the socioeconomic impact of pretrial detention, ...
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Pre-trial detention in Malawi: Understanding caseflow management and conditions of incarceration
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Pre-trial detention in Zambia: Understanding case flow management and conditions of incarceration
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Preliminary Note of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: Mission to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
"Another major problem identified by the Special Rapporteur was the allegation that some persons suspected of political crimes had been held in solitary ...
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Presumed Innocent, Behind Bars: The problem of lengthy pre-trial detention in Uganda
by Sonja Pavic and Joanna Kyriazis via a collaboration between Avocats Sans Frontières’ Uganda field mission and the International Human Rights Program (IHRP) ...
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Pretrial Detention and Health: Unintended Consequences, Deadly Results
Literature Review and Recommendations for Health Professionals. This paper forms part of a series of papers associated with the Global Campaign for Pretrial ...
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Prisoner Re-Entry in Cape Town – An Exploratory Study
Every month in South Africa approximately 6000 sentenced prisoners are released, some on parole and some on expiry of sentence. After serving their prison ...
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