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[Report] An assessment of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) in South Africa

After signing the Optional Protocol to UNCAT (OPCAT) in 2006 and ratifying it in March 2019, South Africa designated a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), ...

Report - Overview and key findings COVID-19 restrictions and the impact on criminal justice and human rights (Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa & Zambia)

This report makes a number of overview observations dealing with broader issues of governance, human rights, the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Annexure Four: COVID-19 restrictions and the impact on criminal justice and human rights | South Africa

Report by K Petersen, J Mangwanda, L Muntingh and J Redpath (2022)

By L Muntingh, J Mangwanda, K Petersen, T Lorizzo and V Petrovic

Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa & Zambia

The severity of the punishment, if caught, is not a deterrent to committing crime. If consumers of alcohol can be fairly certain that if they get behind the ...

On 30 March 2020, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services issued these Directions in the Schedule to address, prevent and combat the spread of COVID 19 ...

Africa Criminal Justice Reform (ACJR) has produced research on the South African criminal justice system relating to prisons. This resource list contains ...