Author: Gwen
Published:
12
Sep
2017
ACJR's Gwen Dereymaeker presentation made at the seminar organised by the South African Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services on super-maximum prisons on 7 September 2017 at the Durban Correctional Centre.
JICS
Super-maximum
Seminar
DCS
ACJR News
Solitary confinement
Presentation
South Africa
Author: Kristen
Published:
13
Jul
2017
ACJR participated in the 8th Annual Conference of the Pan African Lawyers Union Seminar focusing on Initiatives for the Decriminalisation and Declassification of Petty Offences in Africa held in Durban, South Africa from 5 – 8 July 2017.
ACJR News
Author: Jean
Published:
20
Jun
2017
The Deputy Commissioner gave the keynote address on behalf of the Commissioner, Mr Percy Chato. Mr Godfrek Malembeka welcomed the attendees on behalf of the Board of the Legal Resources Foundation.
ACJR News
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.
ACJR News
Mozambique
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.
ACJR News
Mozambique
Bail
Constitutionality
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.
Socio-economic impact
ACJR News
Pre-trial detention
Mozambique
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.
JICS
Oversight
ACJR News
Prisons
South Africa
Author: Gwen
Published:
30
Apr
2017
ACJR researcher Gwen Dereymaeker presented a paper on the constitutional compliance with international human rights law and the criminal justice process at the 6th Annual Conference of the Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society for Comparative Law, which took place at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey.
Court
Justice
ACJR News
Detention
Conference
Criminal procedure
Constitutionality
Arrest
