At the 51st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Centre's statement focussed on the link between poverty and human rights, paying attention to issues such as access to water and sanitation, criminalisation of poverty and children and poverty.
This current issue has articles on Municipal Manager's Appointment, the Congress of the People (COPE), Water Service Delivery, Gender, HIV and Development & the Municipal Property Rates Act.
This researcher paper, co-authored by Prof Jaap de Visser, focuses on a particular aspect of municipal governance arrangements and practice, namely the office of the speaker and the implications of this office being introduced into municipal governance in South Africa in 2000.
This booklet, written by Terence Smith & Prof Jaap de Visser, focuses on the legislative and policy provisions for ward committees; a review of key issues and challenges and findings of the ward committee case studies, as well as a comparative analysis of the findings. The report ends with some reflections on the implications of the findings and some policy and practical recommendations for improving the functioning of ward committees.
This is the final issue for the year. It focuses on filling vacancies during political turmoil; implementing the Property Rates Act; the abolition of floor crossing & defining municipal health services.
Over the past weeks, the impact of the leadership change in the African National Congress on government has become patently visible. The most important change was obviously manifested in the resignation of the President, three provincial premiers and a number of national Cabinet members, including the Minister for Provincial and Local Government. These significant developments have raised critical questions about the impact that the politics of change will have on local government [excerpt taken from the Editorial]
The Community Law Centre offers a highly competitive research and training programme on local government and decentralisation in South Africa and the rest of Africa.
The Local Government Project has made a submission on the Draft Regulations of the Children's Act, 2005 and CSPRI made a submission on the Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill [B42 of 2008]
The July/ August 2008 issue has articles on bulk electricity prices, guidelines for multilingualism in local government, local AIDS councils, and much more.
The Project has commented on the Western Cape Liquor Bill & Public Administration Management Bill (draft).
Five research papers on the Review of Local Government are available for download.
Prof Nico Steytler and Prof Jaap de Visser's book offers a comprehensive analysis of local government law specifically for legal practitioners, municipal officials, national and provincial officials involved in local government matters.
This issue has articles on consequences of a single public administration; holding the Executive to account & much more.
The Local Government Bulletin is celebrating its tenth year in production. As with local government, it has evolved beyond recognition over the last decade and has grown to become an integral part of many a good councilor and official’s daily toolkit.
A five-year research project has culminated in the completion of a loose-leaf publication entitled Local Government Law in South Africa by Nico Steytler & Jaap de Visser.
This issue has articles on advocacy around prohibiting corporal punishment at international and regional levels.
Sign the petitions calling on states to sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR and for South Africa to ratify the ICESCR. Your support is needed!
This Conference was hosted by the Local Government Project of the Community Law Centre to celebrate 10 years of the publication, the Local Government Bulletin.
This submission has been drafted by Prof Jaap de Visser and Prof Nico Steytler
This research paper, by Heléne Combrinck, examines the nature and extent of state duties to promote the realisation of the right to have access to adequate housing of women who are victims of gender-based violence, with specific reference to domestic violence.
Find out what newspaper reports are mentioned in this issue of CSPRI '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku'.
The booklet, Claiming Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the International Level, has been written by the Socio-Economic Rights Project's Co-ordinator & Senior Researcher, Dr Lilian Chenwi.
The latest CSPRI Newsletter focuses on the article, the UN Committee Against Torture releases List of Issues for South Africa.
Living below the minimum standards for prisoners - the state of Uganda's prisons
This month's media reports cover topics on prisoners' rights, South Africans in foreign prisons, sentencing, paroles and pardons, medical parole, etc.
This first issue of 2009 has articles on Women's access to health; Litigating socio-economic rights; Age-based discrimination in Uganda & Right of Access to Malaria in Uganda
This case concerns the eviction of residents of Joe Slovo, one of Cape Town’s biggest informal settlements, to make way for formal housing as part of a government project.
This issue reports on the prison related topics of sentencing and parole; conditions of detention; unsentenced prisoners as well as on security and escapes in South Africa and other parts of Africa.
This seminar was hosted by the Socio-Economic Rights Project on 1 July 2009
This month's issue focuses on media reports around sentencing and parole, health care, medical parole, safe custody, etc.
