The Project has commented on the Western Cape Liquor Bill & Public Administration Management Bill (draft).
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Five research papers on the Review of Local Government are available for download.
Prof Nico Steytler and Prof Jaap de Visser's book offers a comprehensive analysis of local government law specifically for legal practitioners, municipal officials, national and provincial officials involved in local government matters.
This issue has articles on consequences of a single public administration; holding the Executive to account & much more.
The Local Government Bulletin is celebrating its tenth year in production. As with local government, it has evolved beyond recognition over the last decade and has grown to become an integral part of many a good councilor and official’s daily toolkit.
A five-year research project has culminated in the completion of a loose-leaf publication entitled Local Government Law in South Africa by Nico Steytler & Jaap de Visser.
This issue has articles on advocacy around prohibiting corporal punishment at international and regional levels.
Sign the petitions calling on states to sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR and for South Africa to ratify the ICESCR. Your support is needed!
This Conference was hosted by the Local Government Project of the Community Law Centre to celebrate 10 years of the publication, the Local Government Bulletin.
This submission has been drafted by Prof Jaap de Visser and Prof Nico Steytler
This research paper, by Heléne Combrinck, examines the nature and extent of state duties to promote the realisation of the right to have access to adequate housing of women who are victims of gender-based violence, with specific reference to domestic violence.
Find out what newspaper reports are mentioned in this issue of CSPRI '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku'.
The booklet, Claiming Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the International Level, has been written by the Socio-Economic Rights Project's Co-ordinator & Senior Researcher, Dr Lilian Chenwi.
The latest CSPRI Newsletter focuses on the article, the UN Committee Against Torture releases List of Issues for South Africa.
Living below the minimum standards for prisoners - the state of Uganda's prisons
This month's media reports cover topics on prisoners' rights, South Africans in foreign prisons, sentencing, paroles and pardons, medical parole, etc.
This first issue of 2009 has articles on Women's access to health; Litigating socio-economic rights; Age-based discrimination in Uganda & Right of Access to Malaria in Uganda
This case concerns the eviction of residents of Joe Slovo, one of Cape Town’s biggest informal settlements, to make way for formal housing as part of a government project.
This issue reports on the prison related topics of sentencing and parole; conditions of detention; unsentenced prisoners as well as on security and escapes in South Africa and other parts of Africa.
This seminar was hosted by the Socio-Economic Rights Project on 1 July 2009
This month's issue focuses on media reports around sentencing and parole, health care, medical parole, safe custody, etc.
This issue includes articles on access to housing & sufficient water, the ANC's promises on socio-economic rights, as well as the Seminar on Optional Protocol on the ICESC & Public Hearings on the Millenium Development Goals and the realisation of economic and social rights.
This Lecture was delivered by Dr Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The lecture was entitled: Women’s Rights in Human Rights Systems: Past, Present and Future
This Act is the legislative framework for children in conflict with the law.
The aim of the masters programme is to train a highly skilled cadre of local government and decentralisation practitioners.
This project has its origins in the work of the Saartjie Baartman Legal Advice and Training Project, a partnership undertaking between the Saartjie Baartman Centre and the Gender Project of the Community Law Centre.
This final issue for 2007 debates the question: Has Prison Oversight come of age in South Africa? Reflections on the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons and the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services.
This issue focuses on the advocacy initiatives around corporal punishment in Africa & the 16 Days of Activism campaign.
2007 may prove to have been an important year in the development of local government in South Africa. The announcement by Minister Mufamadi on 31 July of the review of the White Paper on Local Government, coming alongside the development of a White Paper on Provinces, may lead to significant changes.
The 43rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights took place in Swaziland, 7-22 May 2008.