Em Dezembro de 2020 entrarão em vigor em Moçambique o Código Penal revisto, o novo Código de Processo Penal e o Código de Execução das Penas. Embora serão introduzidas mudanças substanciais relacionadas com as alternativas à prisão e especificamente ao trabalho socialmente útil (TSU), este relatório avalia a implementação do TSU em Moçambique entre 2015 e 2019. Examina o seu uso pelos tribunais e a implementação pelo Serviço Nacional Penitenciário (SERNAP). As conclusões apontam para vários problemas de implementação, como o seu uso pouco frequente pelos tribunais, bem como desafios na monitoria dos infractores pelo Serviço de Penas Alternativas à Pena de Prisão (SPAPP). Vários problemas sistémicos foram encontrados, como falta de gestão, directrizes processuais e formações e falta de recursos materiais e financeiros necessários para a implementação efectiva do TSU. Independentemente de uma nova estrutura legal, é evidente que será necessário retirar lições valiosas do período em análise. Nas conclusões, o relatório aponta algumas recomendações para abordar as deficiências. Reportado por Vanja Petrovic, Tina Lorizzo e Lukas Muntingh
ACJR Submission to the Western Cape Provincial Police Ombudsman: Quality of victim support services and democratic policing | April 2020
ACJR Submission to the City of Cape Town: Proposed by-law amendments | May 2020
ACJR Submission to the National Council of Provinces Select Committee on Security and Justice on the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill B13B OF 2019 | July 2020
ACJR Submission to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill B13 of 2019 | November 2019.
ACJR Submission on Criminal Matters Amendment Bill 2020 | April 2020
This fact-sheet provides a brief update on the right of prisoners to vote in Africa. There have been substantive advances and breakthroughs in the promotion of this right as courts in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and most recently in Uganda have granted prisoners the right to vote. In Mozambique, the Ombudsman has made a recommendation that measures be put in place to allow prisoners to vote in future elections. The enfranchisement of prisoners is a positive step in the promotion of their basic human rights, it is therefore important that countries on the continent that are still lagging behind consider the above examples and follow suit.
Updated Infosheet 1 on the criminal justice system following recent regulations issued.
This Infosheet deals with the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to assist in the implementation of the COVID-19 lockdown.
This fact sheet deals with arrest without a warrant in Malawi. Currently in Malawi there remain laws on the statutes that have not been tested against constitutional requirements resulting in all likelihood in arrests that are not compliant with the Constitution.
This factsheet focuses on arrest without a warrant in Malawi. Currently in Malawi there remain laws on the statutes that have not been tested against constitutional requirements resulting in all likelihood in arrests that are not compliant with the Constitution.
This fact sheet focuses on arrest without a warrant in Kenya. Currently in Kenya the situation has been complicated by the legislative powers granted to the counties and some have used this opportunity to expand policing powers.
Over 163,000 people are in correctional facilities in South Africa. Outbreaks of Covid-19 in these prisons can have catastrophic consequences for both prisoners and the public healthcare system.
This information sheet sets out the provisions per regulation concerning the functioning of the criminal justice system under the COVID-19 lock-down. Some items still require clarification and will be updated as needed.
The regulations for the 21-day lock-down starting on midnight 26 March 2020 are set out here in a simplified manner.
Alternativas à prisão em Moçambique: A implementação do trabalho socialmente útil
