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CSPRI participates in international seminar on pre-trial detention
Author: Jean
Published: 28 Sep 2015
CSPRI researcher Jean Redpath provided insights around the problem of pre-trial detention in the African context, with particular emphasis on problems in measuring the impact of interventions and of policy change.
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High Court rules against prisoners in torture damages claim
Author: Jean
Published: 07 Sep 2015
Judgment was recently handed down by the Port Elizabeth High Court in the much publicised St Alban’s case, as it became known, which emanates from an alleged mass assault of prisoners at the St Alban’s prisons in Port Elizabeth in July 2005.
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"Long list" of indicators proposed toward pre-trial justice in Africa
Author: Jean
Published: 10 Aug 2015
At a seminar held in Cape Town in May 2015, participants from PPJA partner organisations discussed indicators for measuring pre-trial justice in Africa. A "long-list" of draft proposed indicators was agreed upon by the end of the seminar. Further consultations are planned to expand the extent of consultation and to refine the proposed indicators.
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