Author: Jill
Published:
04
Oct
2012
This issue features the Social and Economic Rights Fulfilment Index, an interview with the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights and updates on two ILO instruments.
Author: Jean
Published:
04
Oct
2012
Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) on 4 October 2012 released a statement calling on the government of Kenya to address the plight of seven Kenyans arrested by their own government, and illegally renditioned to Uganda to face terrorism-related charges. MUHURI was able to visit the Kenyans detained in Uganda through the assistance of the Uganda Prison Service hosting the African Correctional Services Association Conference in Kampala.
Kenya
African Correctional Services Association
ACJR News
News
Author: Jean
Published:
03
Oct
2012
Clement Okech of the Probation and After Care Service Kenya gave an overview of Probation Service in Kenya at the African Correctional Service Association conference in Kampala, Uganda.
Kenya
African Correctional Services Association
ACJR News
News
Author: Jean
Published:
02
Oct
2012
Regina Ombam, the Head of Strategy Development of the National Aids Control Council Kenya shared the evidence on HIV/AIDS in prisons in Kenya and the important measures which have been taken in Kenya to address the situation at the African Correctional Services Assocation Conference in Kampala, Uganda.
Kenya
African Correctional Services Association
ACJR News
News
Author: Jean
Published:
02
Oct
2012
The Principal Judge of Uganda, Justice Yorokamu Bamwine on behalf of the Chief Justice of Uganda, presented a paper at the African Correctional Services Association Biennial Conference in Kampala, Uganda, which suggests there has been vast improvement in the operation of the criminal justice system in Uganda through the implementation of the Justice Law & Order Sector (JLOS) Programme since 1999.
African Correctional Services Association
Uganda
News
Author: Jean
Published:
02
Oct
2012
Riccardo Conti, head of the Uganda delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) presented the ICRC supplementary guidelines on prison conditions to the African Correctional Services Association Conference held in Kampala, Uganda.
African Correctional Services Association
News
Author: Jill
Published:
28
Sep
2012
The newly SARChI Chair in Multi-level Government, Law and Development has been established at the Community Law Centre of the University of the Western Cape, working closely with the Multi-Level Government Initiative.
Author: Jean
Published:
20
Sep
2012
Justice Ayotunde Phillips said it is her statutory duty to reduce overcrowding.
News
Nigeria