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[Call for Applications] PG Dip in Public Law focusing on Criminal Justice, Human Rights and Detention - Applications for the 2026 academic year are OPEN!
Want to be at the cutting edge of justice and human rights in Africa? This course opens up vital debates on how power is…
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New Research Report: Comparative study and findings on the impact of criminal, security and other exceptional laws and policies in select Francophone and Lusophone countries (Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire and Mozambique)
This report highlights the impact of criminal, security and other exceptional laws and policies that are deemed discrimi…
New Publication: Community Courts and Postcolonial Legal Pluralism Criminal Justice in Mozambique | by Tina Lorizzo
This book will be of value to scholars working in the areas of legal pluralism and postcolonialism and others with inter…
Annual Convening Report: September 2022, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Campaign for Decriminalisation of Poverty and Status conference
From 27 to 29 September 2022, representatives from over 40 organisations from over 30 countries, gathered in Stellenbosc…
The Final Cape Declaration Adopted by Consensus - Decriminalising Poverty and Status [27 and 29 September 2022]
Cape Declaration on Decriminalising Poverty and Status, adopted by consensus by the participants of the convening of the…
Newspaper Article: ‘Leap’ patrols appear to make a difference | By Jean Redpath
Officers of Western Cape’s anticrime programme work closely with police and they often have joint operations
New Report: Overview and key findings COVID-19 restrictions and the impact on criminal justice and human rights (Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa & Zambia)
By L Muntingh, J Mangwanda, K Petersen, T Lorizzo and V Petrovic
ISSUE PAPERS: Key issues in the NPA - Are we understanding the problem correctly?
In a series of five Issue Papers, Lukas Muntingh and Jean Redpath take a few steps back and ask whether we are indeed pr…
The Detention Justice Forum responds to findings of solitary confinement in SA prisons
The Detention Justice Forum (DJF) released a statement in response to the findings of the Judicial Inspectorate for Corr…
The Detention Justice Forum responds to findings on solitary confinement in South Africa's prisons
The Detention Justice Forum (DJF) released a statement in response to the findings of the Judicial Inspectorate for Corr…
South African Constitutional Court clarifies law on liability of police for unlawful detention after bail is denied
The Constitutional Court on 14 May 2021 overturned a judgement of the Supreme Court of Appeal, which had limited the Min…
South African Constitutional Court clarifies law on liability of police for unlawful detention after court appearance
The Constitutional Court on 14 May 2021 overturned a judgement of the Supreme Court of Appeal, which had limited the Min…
