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Tanzania: the death sentence institutionalised?
This report, by the Legal Human Rights Centre (Tanzania) and the International Federation for Human Rights, on the death sentence in Tanzania contains some ...
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Ten Long Years: A Briefing on Eritrea’s Missing Political Prisoners
Human Rights Watch Report
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The African Commission’s Guidelines on Pre-trial Detention: Implications for Angola and Mozambique
On 8 May 2014, in Luanda (Angola), the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) adopted the Guidelines on the Use and Conditions of Arrest, ...
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The Changing Face of Life Imprisonment in South Africa.pdf
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 ...
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The Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and Current Developments
by Ted Dagne, Specialist in African Affairs, April 29, 2011 for the US Congressional Research Service. Includes a chapter on Human Rights Conditions, covering ...
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The Effect of Sentencing on the Size of the South African Prison Population
This report was commissioned by the Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF) and recently presented at a conference on sentencing held in Cape Town. ...
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The fundamental values of the Republic of Malawi constitution
by Dr. Msaiwale Chigawa. Concept Paper One, The Law Commission Constitutional Review Conference, March 2006.
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The impact of prison reform on the inmate population of Swaziland
by Hendrik Jacobus Bruyns. PhD thesis at the University of South Africa.
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The impact of sentencing on the size of the prison population
South Africa has a serious prison overcrowding problem. The total number of prisoners has grown steadily and dramatically over the last 11 years. The cause of ...
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The law and the business of criminal record expungement in South Africa
This report reviews the use and expungement of criminal records in South Africa and was prompted by a recent amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act which ...
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