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CSPRI hosts a roundtable on remand detention
Author: Jean
Published: 27 May 2013
The Chief Deputy Commissioner for Remand in the Department of Correctional Services, Ms Britta Rotmann, explained the thinking behind the final draft white paper on remand detention at a roundtable in Cape Town on 23 May 2013.
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Socio-economic rights optional protocol heralds a new dawn in the enforcement of these rights
Author: jacob
Published: 14 May 2013
The Campaign for South Africa’s Ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, joins other civil society groups and human rights advocates across the world in celebrating the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR).
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Arrest and detention of human rights defender in Chad
Author: Jean
Published: 12 May 2013
The organisation Front Line Defenders reported on 8 May 2012 that radio journalist and human rights defender Eric Topona was arrested and taken to prison after appearing before an investigating magistrate in N'Djamena and charged with “threatening the constitutional order”.
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