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[Infographic] Sub-national governance and the plight of women working in public spaces: Challenges and principles to improve policy and law making

21 Nov 2024

The right to work in public spaces has recently become a highly contested issue. Women make up the majority of workers in public spaces in Africa and…

[Infographic] South Africa's prosecuting authority: How does Accountability work in the NPA?

17 Mar 2023

Accountability means “being responsible for your decisions or actions, and explaining them when you are asked”. The NPA is the only entity in South Af…

[Infographic] South Africa's prosecuting authority: How do Investigating Directorates work?

17 Mar 2023

Legislation empowers the President to establish Investigating Directorates within the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The offences it may invest…

[Infográfico] Policiamento democrático: Um quadro conceptual para que se torne realidade (Portuguese)

1 Jun 2022

O que é o policiamento democrático? É o mesmo que policiamento numa democracia? Será que sabemos o que podemos esperar da polícia? O que gera confian…

الفقر ليس جريمة - عدم تجريم الفقر والوضع الاجتماعي (Arabic)

7 Apr 2022

كان مركز إصلاح العدالة الجنائية في أفريقيا (ACJR) منذ إنشائه عضوًا في حملة "الفقر ليس جريمة - عدم تجريم الفقر والوضع الاجتماعي". وظلت الحملة تعمل منذ…

Poverty is not a crime - the decriminalisation of poverty and status (English)

24 Feb 2022

ACJR has since its inception been a member of the campaign "Poverty is not a crime - the decriminalisation of poverty and status". The campaign has be…

Pobreza não é crime - a descriminalização da pobreza e do estatuto social de uma pessoa (Portuguese)

24 Feb 2022

A ACJR tem sido, desde a sua criação, membro da campanha "Pobreza não é crime - a descriminalização da pobreza e do estatuto social de uma pessoa". A…

La pauvreté n'est pas un crime - la dépénalisation de la pauvreté et du statut (French)

24 Feb 2022

L'Organisation pour la Réforme de la Justice Pénale en Afrique (ACJR) est depuis sa création membre de la campagne "La pauvreté n'est pas un crime - l…

Julius Osega Memorial Lecture 2021

26 Jul 2021

On 16 July 2021, the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, and th…

[Infographic] Democratic policing - a conceptual framework (English)

27 May 2021

What is democratic policing? Is it the same as policing in a democracy? Do we know what we can expect from the police? What builds trust in the police…

South Africa's NPA: accountability, trust and public interest

22 Jul 2020

Three key concepts are associated with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and its relation to the public, namely accountability, public interest…

The performance of South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority

21 Jul 2020

This infographic considers the performance of the National Prosecuting Authority since inception.