30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku June 2011
This month's media summary report include news about governance and corruption, sentenced prisoners, rehabilitation and prison conditions.
CSPRI Newsletter No. 38 - June 2011
This newsletter is about the Correctional Matters Amendment Bill (B41 of 2010), which is the sixth piece of amending legislation to the Correctional Services Act since its adoption by Parliament in 1998.
The role of the Uganda Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS) Case Backlog Reduction Programme: Achievements and Lessons Learned
by Gadenya Paul Wolimbwa, Senior Technical Advisor, Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS). ".. the Justice Law and Order Sector came up with the case backlog reduction strategy to change the way case backlog had always been handled to one where resources – human and financial would be focused on the result rather than processes. The strategy also emphasized taking deliberate steps to stop the growth of new case backlog. The JLOS Quick Wins Reduction Programme was designed to remove cases which were more than two years old from the system. ..."
The criminal capacity of children in South Africa: International developments & considerations for a review
Prof Ann Skelton and Dr Charmain Badenhorst conducted research on the criminal capacity of children in the South African child justice system. This research is informed by international developments at a United Nations level, together with developments in other countries both on the African continent and elsewhere. The purpose of this research is to add to the debate on the review of the criminal capacity provisions in the Child Justice Act of South Africa, which should take place no later than 2015.
Committee against Torture hears Delegation of Mauritius on implementation of the Convention
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights media information record.
Article 40 Volume 13 Number 1 - May 2011
Angola Draft Penal Code
Independent Police Investigative Directorate Act 1 of 2011
Mkula v The Republic [Malawi High Court Civil Cause 15 of 2011]
Habeous Corpus Application; ten years awaiting trial.
May 2011 AFRICAN PRETRIAL JUSTICE MONITOR
by Sonja Pavic and Joanna Kyriazis via a collaboration between Avocats Sans Frontières’ Uganda field mission and the International Human Rights Program (IHRP) at the University of Toronto, Canada, with the kind of the Uganda Prisons Service.
30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku May 2011
Media reports include corruption; prison conditions; parole and sentencing; governance and corruption and South African imprisoned abroad.
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and Current Developments
by Ted Dagne, Specialist in African Affairs, April 29, 2011 for the US Congressional Research Service. Includes a chapter on Human Rights Conditions, covering arrests and detention.
Submission by CSPRI to the Portfolio Committee on Police on the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Bill [B15 of 2010] and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service Bill - B16 of 2010.PDF
The submission deals with two bills, being the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Bill and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service Bill. The first places the emphasis on the absolute prohibition of torture and argues for the inclusion of the crime of torture into the bill and strengthening the investigative powers of the proposed Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) as well as its independence. In respect of the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service Bill attention is paid to establishing a detention visiting mechanism to enhance transparency in line with OPCAT.
US Department of State Human Rights Report 2010
"The law requires arrest warrants and stipulates that the government may not detain a person beyond 48 hours without an examining magistrate's formal charge; however, the law was not always enforced in practice, especially in rural areas. Detainees may be held another 48 hours with the prior approval of the public prosecutor. There were unconfirmed reports that detentions exceeding the allowed time limit became more frequent during the year, which was attributed to the government's response to minor reports of vandalism and stone throwing between juvenile gangs. The law provides that detainees be promptly notified of the charges against them, although in practice there were occasional delays.
United States Department of State, 2010 Country Report on Human Rights Practices - Sao Tome and Principe
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).
ESR Review Volume 12 No 1 - 2011
The first issue of 2011 features Realising the rights of older persons in South Africa and an appraisal of General Recommendation 27 of the CEDAW Committee on protecting the rights of older women.
April 2011 AFRICAN PRETRIAL JUSTICE MONITOR
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.
US Department of State Human Rights Report: Cape Verde
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
UN Human Rights Committee: Concluding Consideration of Togo Report
Inhuman Sentencing of Children in Somalia
Draft report prepared for the Child Rights Information Network, March 2011
March 2011 AFRICAN PRETRIAL JUSTICE MONITOR
Parliamentary report on the state of the prison system in Zimbabwe
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.
