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South Africa's Torture Act promulgated
South Africa's President Zuma signed the Prevention and Combating of Torture of Persons Act No. 13 of 2013 into law on 25 July 2013.
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South Africa's white paper on remand detention management finalised
The final draft of the South African government's White Paper on Remand Detention Management has been published on the Department of Correctional Services ...
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South Africa: Round Table Discussion: Appointing the leadership of the NPA
20 November 2019: Hosted by the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) and Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI). The Constitution and the NPA Act provide that the ...
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South Africa: Round Table Discussion: Appointing the leadership of the NPA
20 November 2019: Hosted by the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) and Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI). The Constitution and the NPA Act provide that the ...
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South African budget aims to ease pressure on courts
This week’s Budget brought good news for the upgrading and construction of court buildings, a Sake24 report notes.
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South African Prisoner's Right to Vote: Addendum to "Prisoners' Rights Litigation in South Africa since 1994: a Critical Evaluation" (Research Paper 3A)
Subsequent to the Constitutional Court case in which the right of prisoners to vote was secured prior to the 2004 general election (Min of Home Affairs v ...
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South African Torture Bill Parliamentary hearings
An advertisement in the Sunday Times has announced that public hearings on the Prevention and Combating of Torture of Persons Bill will take place on Tuesday ...
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Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC)
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) promotes and advances human rights and the rule of law in southern Africa, primarily through strategic litigation ...
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Submission by CSPRI to Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on the Implementation of the Geneva Conventions Bill B10-2011.pdf
The submission deals with the Implementation of the Geneva Conventions Bill and addresses: lack of a definition of “grave breaches”; the criminalisation of all ...
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Submission by CSPRI to Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services on torture in prisons
The submission calls for the criminalisation of torture and cites instances where torture was perpetrated in prisons. It also calls on the South African ...
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