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Up one levelFebruary 2010's '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku'
This month's issue has topics surrounding Governance & Corruption; Parole & Sentencing; Security & Escapes; South African prisoners abroad etc.
Launch of the Project Cooperation Agreement between the University of the Western Cape, Community Law Centre and UNICEF
A project co-operation agreement has been signed between the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the University of the Western Cape to undertake child law reform activities in Southern and Eastern Africa. The task of managing and undertaking the child law reform activities in Southern and Eastern Africa, is the responsibility of the Children’s Rights Project of the Community Law Centre.
Petitions and Calls for Action
Call for Action to civil society in ECOSOC member countries to get involved in the elections process of the members of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
December 2009 & January 2010 '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku'
The issue has newspaper reports on parole & sentencing; South Africans abroad; prison conditions; governance and corruption & security.
Roundtable Discussion on the White Paper on Corrections in South Africa
In March 2005 the Department of Correctional Services released the White Paper on Corrections in South Africa which articulated a new 20-year vision for the correctional system. This vision articulates an antithesis of what was inherited from the previous regime. But it does raise serious questions about its attainability. Nearly five years into the implementation of the White Paper, results in respect of rehabilitation services to prisoners remain modest. The lack of budgetary alignment to the vision of the White Paper has also been remarked upon by Parliament. In many regards, conditions of detention fail to meet the minimum standards set out in the Constitution and the Correctional Services Act.
December's Local Government Bulletin is now available
This issue focuses on largely on debates around local government in Zimbabwe.
Article 40, Volume 11 Number 3, December 2009
As is evidenced by most of the articles in this edition, implementation is what is currently dominating all child justice roleplayers’ thoughts and actions. It is not only the national departments that are busy with implementation plans but also provinces and civil society.
Article 19, Vol. 5 No. 2 December 2009
Since the previous edition of Article 19 in July 2009, there have been significant developments and activities in relation to the abolition of corporal punishment. In the international context, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights recently released a thematic report on corporal punishment. This edition provides the key aspects of this report which calls for the prohibition of all forms of corporal punishment of children.
CSPRI "30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku" November 2009
This month's South African newspaper articles are on corruption and governance; sentencing and parole; safety and security; health issues, as well as articles from other African countries.
Roundtable Discussion on the 2008/9 Annual Report of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services
The second, in a series of three roundtable discussion, focused on the 2008/9 Annual Report of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services. The aim of these roundtable discussions are intended to bring stakeholders together to promote discussion on prison reform.
November's ESR Review is available for download
This issue has articles on sex workers' rights, housing law, Slums Act, right to access to sufficient water and right to health.
Become part of a petition
Join the NGO Coalition calling for the creation of a Special Rapporteur on Laws that Discriminate against Women
The latest Local Government Bulletin is available
This edition starts with a report on President Zuma address to all mayors and municipal managers and raised critical areas of concern regarding the performance of local government. At the subsequent Local Government Indaba, the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs presented its State of Local Government report and a proposed framework for a local government turnaround strategy.
Reducing Prison Violence: Implications from the literature for South Africa
Prior to 1990 very little is known about prison violence in South Africa. In the post‐1994 era more and also more accurate information on prison violence has become available. Access to prisons by researchers and the media have also improved significantly. There remain, however, large gaps in the available data as will be described in more detail in this report.
October's CSPRI '30 Days/Dae/Izinsuku' is now available
This month's newspaper articles focus on Prisoner Exchange and Transfer; Condition of Detention; Sentencing and Parole; Government and Corruption, as well as prison related news from other parts of Africa.
Community Law Centre gets a new website
Community Law Centre has a new website built on the Plone Content Management System (CMS). The site was rebuilt with ease of use for the users in mind and we have specifically focused on making the publications more accessible to the users.
Ex-prisoners' Views on Imprisonment and Re-Entry: Research Report
In the past 15 years much research has been conducted on the prison system in South Africa focusing on governance, law reform and human rights. It is, however, of particular concern that the voices of prisoners and ex-prisoners had not been heard in the current discourse, one that has been dominated by the Department of Correctional Services, Parliament, service delivery organisations, academics and human rights activists. In essence, there has been a lot of talk about prisoners and ex-prisoners but there has been little listening to prisoners and ex-prisoners taking place.
Signature Ceremony for the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR
Lilian Chenwi attended the Signature Ceremony for the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR, which took place during the Treaty Event at the UN headquarters in New York on 24 September 2009.
Child poverty and children’s rights of access to food and basic nutrition in South Africa: A contextual, jurisprudential and policy analysis
Millions of children in South Africa bear the yoke of extreme forms of poverty and its associated evils, such as malnourishment, stunted growth, nutritional-deficiency diseases and illiteracy.
September's ESR Review is available
Read more about the advancement of socio-economic rights, especially the rights of the poor and most vulnerable groups of society.