Lukas Muntingh comments extensively on the Correctional Services Budget 2007/8 to 2009/10.
News
In this issue, the articles focus exclusively on Child Justice Bill (B49 of 2002), which was passed by the National Assembly on 25 June 2008.
Topics covered in this issue include: sentencing & parole; safety & security; health; governance & corruption and labour relations.
The Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative (CSPRI) has made a few submissions to Parliament in the last month.
The abbreviated, printed version of the Centre's 2007 Annual Report is now available for download.
This publication, written by Lukas Muntingh, was released in November 2008. It provides an up to date guide to the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) which South Africa ratified in December 1998.
This final issue for 2008 has articles on non-implementation of court orders in socio-economic rights; extending the minimum essential of amount of water; improving the administration of social assistance services, as well as updates and reviews
Edited by Julia Sloth-Nielsen, Law Professor at the University of the Western Cape, this book is the first of its kind on the rights of African children. This book has just been released and is available for purchase at Ashgate Publishers.
Press Release on the judgment of Various Occupiers v City of Johannesburg and Others
This 3rd issue of the ESR Review for 2007 covers recent developments in socio-economic rights in South Africa and abroad.
This issue contains articles on floor-crossing; service delivery protests; property rates; local government in Uganda; and much more.
This issue contains media reports on prisoners' rights, unsentenced prisoners, security & escapes and reports on other African countries.