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Workshop unpacks LLM/MPhil in Law, State and Multilevel Government
Author: Jacob
Published: 08 Jun 2017
On 31 May, the Dullah Omar Institute conducted a research and induction Workshop where the Institute’s LLM/MPhil students in Law, State and Multilevel Government were taken through the requirements and expectations surrounding constitutional practice, which comes in the form of an internship.
The right to adequate housing in SA still a challenge
Author: Jacob
Published: 08 Jun 2017
On Tuesday, the Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape hosted a roundtable discussion on meaningful engagement. The roundtable looked challenges in the realisation of the right to adequate housing in South Africa.
ACJR collaborates with Mozambican NGOs
Author: Jean
Published: 08 Jun 2017
Lukas Muntingh and Jean Redpath shared experiences of measuring performance and proposal writing with a range of Mozambican NGO's.
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Mozambique's Judicial Training Institute hears perspectives on constitutionality and bail
Author: Jean
Published: 07 Jun 2017
ACJR researchers Gwen Dereymaeker and Kristen Petersen shared the results of their comparative investigations into the constitutionality of criminal procedures, and bail regimes, in selected African countries, to judges at the Centro de Formação Jurídica e Judiciaria (Judicial Training Institute) of Mozambique. ACJR associate Tina Lorizzo, of REFORMAR, presented the results relevant to Mozambique in particular.
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Maputo launch of socio-economic impact study attended by Minister of Justice
Author: Jean
Published: 06 Jun 2017
The Minister of Justice and Constitutional and Religious Affairs, Isaque Chande, as well as the Vice President of the Supreme Court, Dr. João Beirão, attended the Maputo launch of the report on 6 June 2017.
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Policy dialogue focuses on transitions to constitutional democracy
Author: Jacob
Published: 19 May 2017
This week, South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Policy hosted two policy dialogues with Professor Xavier Philippe, the director of the Louis Favoreu Institute of Public Law and Comparative International and European Law at the University of Aix-Marseille, France.
ACJR takes JICS delegation on an oversight study tour to London, UK
Author: Gwen
Published: 12 May 2017
From 8 to 12 May 2017, ACJR staff Lukas Muntingh and Gwen Dereymaeker took a delegation of the South African Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) to London, United Kingdom, on a study tour. The objective of the study tour was to engage with UK oversoght institutions to identify successes and challenges in the South African prison oversight structure.
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