Download the Socio-Economic Rights latest research reports, called the Pertinent social security issues in South Africa & You are the “weakest link” in realising socio-economic rights: Goodbye - Strategies for effective implementation of court orders in South Africa.
The 2007 Annual Report of the Community Law Centre, UWC is now available!
This issue focuses exclusively on the Child Justice Bill (2007 version) that is currently before Parliament.
The Dec. 2007 & Jan. 2008 issue has media reports on safety and security, sentencing, governance, unsentenced prisoners and corruption.
There is a growing number of civil society organisations in South Africa working with offenders and prisoners focusing on prisoner support, rehabilitation and reintegration, reflecting in many ways the ‘societal responsibility’ that the White Paper on Corrections advocates for. These organisations provide services broadly aimed at promoting offender reintegration and reducing the chances of re-offending.
Lukas Muntingh comments extensively on the Correctional Services Budget 2007/8 to 2009/10.
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
