Browsing by Subject "Prisoners -- Civil rights -- South Africa"

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The incarcerated body: Judicial inspections, human rights and religious policy in prisons in South Africa

Landman, Christina; Willem, Luyt; Du Preez, Nicolien (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2006)

The theologian is the voice of the voiceless, including the voiceless in prison. In the first part of this article the history of prison inspection as an outcome of the human rights movement is traced both nationally ...
Offenders' rights with regard to rehabilitation in South Africa

Muthaphuli, Phumudzo (2009-08-25)

Every human being deserves to have their rights respected all the times. Not only does the correctional system have the responsibility to rehabilitate offenders before they are released to the community but also to respect ...
Prison inmates' socio-economic rights in South Africa : compatibility of domestic law with international norms and standards

Maseko, Thembinkosi Wilson (2014-07)

This study critically analyses the protection and enforcement of inmates’ socio-economic rights in South Africa. For the purpose of this study inmates’ socio-economic rights include the right to adequate medical treatment, ...
Rights and constitutionalism - a bias towards offenders?

Makiwane, Peterson Nkosimntu (2008-11)

The South African Constitution, with its Bill of Rights, represents a decisive break with the past and a great advance by South Africans in reclaiming their human dignity and fundamental freedoms. Before 1993 punishment ...

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