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Training of Officials of Mozambique's National Correctional Service
Author: Jean
Published: 30 Jul 2014
This took place on 29 July 2014, at the Penitenciaria Provincial Sul de Machava, which is the old Central Prison. Officials from the Correctional Services were trained on international law relating to the prevention of torture.
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Promoting soft law on pre-trial justice in Lusaphone Africa
Author: Jean
Published: 23 May 2014
CSPRI-PPJA in partnership with the Mozambican Institute of Legal Aid (Insituto Patrocinio Assistencia Juridica, IPAJ) held a wokshop on 21 and 22 May 2014 to promote two new international soft law instruments on access to justice and pre-trial detention in Africa.
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Unjust allocation of police human resources highlighted
Author: Jean
Published: 13 May 2014
Jean Redpath gave evidence at the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Police Inefficiency and a Breakdown in Relations between the South African Police Service and and the Community in Khayelitsha in May 2014 regarding the relative allocation of police human resources among police stations in the Western Cape.
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Malawi works toward implementing custody time limits
Author: Jean
Published: 30 Nov 2013
Malawi's Constitution and amended Criminal Procedure and Evidence Code provide for time limits applicable to various stages of the criminal justice process, after which an accused person is no longer lawfully detained.
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