Liberia Publications

Parliamentary Submission on the Implementation fo the Geneva Conventions Bill (2011)

This submission discusses the South African Implementation of the Geneva Conventions Bill 10 of 2011, which aimed at domesticating the Geneva Conventions into South Africa's domestic legal framework. The Implementation of the Geneva Conventions Act was adopted in 2012 (Act 8 of 2012).

Prison Exit Samples as a Source for Indicators of Pretrial Detention

With funding from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, (DFID), the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management (PCJ) at the Harvard Kennedy School has been supporting state officials and civil society organizations in Jamaica, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria to develop and use their own indicators to spark, reinforce, and communicate progress toward strategic goals in justice and safety. In 2010, PCJ began collaborating with officials in Papua New Guinea (PNG), extending existing efforts in the law and justice sector funded by the Australian Government Aid Program (AusAID). The aim of the project is to equip government and civil society organizations with the skills and experience to design their own indicators, routinely assess those indicators, and use them to drive meaningful reform in the justice sector.

30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku April 2011

This month's media summary report includes news about extradition, parole and sentencing, unsentenced prisoners, as well as other news on prisons.

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights v Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

"...following the detention of an opposition lawyer, peaceful demonstrations took place on 16th February 2011 in the Eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, ...demonstrations ... were violently suppressed by security forces ... the court orders ... (Libya) (to) refrain from any action that would result in loss of life or violation of physical integrity of persons ... "

Provisional Constitution of Tunisia (2011)

Decree Law No. 201114 dated 23 March 2011, relating to the provisional organization of the public authorities

Inhuman Sentencing of Children in Somalia

Draft report prepared for the Child Rights Information Network, March 2011

30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku March 2011

The media reports include issues within the topics of governance & corruption; extradition; law reform; parole & sentencing and South Africans imprisoned abroad.

CSPRI Newsletter No. 37 - March 2011

This newsletter focuses on the need for prison law reform in Mozambique.

Niger: a roadmap for the authorities based on respect for fundamental rights

This report by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) considers Niger's recent history and includes a range of human rights recommendations, based on Niger's constitution and the new electoral code.

Challenges and Reforms in the Nigerian Prisons System

by Emeka E. Obioha, Department of Safety and Security Management, Tshwane University of Technology. In J Soc Sci, 27(2): 95-109 (2011). "In order to deal finally with prison congestion, this paper suggests that the decongestion committee needs to be strengthened in its work by changing their periodic visit to the prisons to be more regular and frequent, more prison yards need to be built, more non-governmental organizations should be encouraged and allowed to visit the prisons to monitor the activities there, from which they can make an input in form of suggestions to the various reform committees on what to do.

Prisons Report and Experience in Implementation of Case Backlog Quick Wins Programme

Presentation by James Mwanje, Deputy Commissioner General of Prisons, Case Backlog Quick Win Review Meeting, Kampala

30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku February 2011

This month's media summary report includes news about extradition, parole and sentencing and prison related news from other African countries.

Submission to the South African Portfolio Committee on Justice on the Correctional Matters Amendment Bill, B41 of 2010.

This submission addresses the Department of Correctional Services’ responses to the comments made by stakeholders on the Correctional Matters Amendment Bill during the public hearings of 25 January 2011.

ACJR Powerpoint Presentation on the evaluation of the Independent Prison Visitors System

The presentation is a evaluation of the functions, interaction and effectiveness of the Independent Prison Visitors System (IPV system) in order to determine whether the system is functioning in accordance with its purpose and mandate.

The Security Sector and Gender in West Africa

This report by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) os an attempt systematically to document the status of gender integration within the security sectors in member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku December 2010 - January 2011

In this issue, media reports are covered under the topics of governance and corruption; awaiting trial prisoners; parole and sentencing; South African imprisoned abroad and prisoners' rights

Submission to the South African Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services on the Correctional Matters Amendment Bill [B41 of 2010]

The submission to the South African Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services deals with the Correctional Matters Amendment Bill.

CLC submission at the 48th session of the ACHPR on children deprived of liberty in South Africa

This is the statement that the Community Law Centre (predecessor of the Dullah Omar Institute) made a the 48th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, which was held from 10 to 24 November 2010. The submission addresses the issue of children deprived of liberty in South Africa.

McCallum v South Africa, UN Doc CCPR/C/100/D/1818/2008 (2 November 2010)

The Human Rights Committee has found that South Africa violated a prisoner’s rights not to be tortured or treated in a cruel, inhuman or degrading manner and to be treated with humanity and respected when deprived of liberty. South Africa was also found to have violated its obligation to investigate and remedy the violation of those rights.

Policy on the Prevention of Torture and the Treatment of Persons in Custody of the South African Police Service

This policy document seeks to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of persons in custody of the South African Police Service (SAPS). It contains instructions which will eventually be incorporated into SAPS National Orders. The commentary provided does not form part of the instructions, but is intended to give guidance to members.