This November-December 2007 issue focuses on the findings of the research on the role of informal community structures (such as street committees) in determining access to housing for women at risk of gender-based violence and HIV in 3 communities in Cape Town.
This issue has articles on public participation; the minimum core and reasonableness models of reviewing socio-economic rights; a summary of the general comment No 19 on the right to social security & upgrading informal settlements and its impact on the rights of the poor.
Download the latest media reports in prison reform. Reports include issues on governance and corruption; safe custody & torture; unsentenced prisoners; prison construction; etc.
Find out what newspapers reported on in December 2008 & January 2009.
The 1st issue of 2008 is available. Articles in this issue include, Enforcing socio-economic rights as individual rights; Judicial remedies and socio-economic rights; The constitutional protection of those facing eviction from “bad buildings” and various updates on socio-economic rights issues.
The September 30 Days/ Dae/ Izinsuku is now available, as well as the latest CSPRI Newsletter.
Life imprisonment (life sentence) is probably the most confusing sentence in South Africa as it does not mean what it says. If many people, including judges and lawyers, were asked for the meaning of life imprisonment they would say that it means that a person sentenced to life imprisonment spends the rest of his natural life in prison.
Find out what Socio-Economic Rights issues are in this fourth and final issue for 2007.
The final issue of 2007 contains articles on the Status of Corporal Punishment in the recently passed Children's Amendment Bill; the prevalence of Corporal Punishment in Togo and Uganda; as well as frequently asked questions with regards to Religion and Corporal Punishment.
What should prisons in a constitutional democracy look like?
This report is an investigation in the role of informal community structures in determining access to housing for women at risk of gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS in three communities in Cape Town.
The research reports focus on the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Correctional System governance with special emphasis on correctional services staff & an exploratory study on Prisoner Re-Entry in Cape Town.
