Resources on South Africa

Resources on South Africa

National Criminal Justice Reform (15) | Criminal Justice and Public Security (16) | Alternatives to Pretrial Detention (1) | Legal Aid Reform (4) | Freedom of Information & Expression (13) | Freedom of Information (6) | Equality & Citizenship (3) | Anti-Discrimination (1) | International Justice (2) | Hybrid International Courts (1) | Legal Clinics (3) | Anticorruption (1) | Campaign / Party Finance Monitoring (1) | South Africa: Enhancing Police Accountability (33) | Peru (7) | Nigeria: Police Conduct in Elections (5) | FOI Monitoring Tool (4) | CT casework (1) | FOI in Nigeria (1) | African Audit (1)

Resources 1 - 119 of 119

National Criminal Justice Reform

Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Author: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Date: 1989

Challenges in Police Reform: Promoting Effectiveness and Accountability
Author: International Peace Academy / Charles T. Call
Date: 2003

Citizen Review of Police
Author: Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Peter Finn
Date: March 2001

Conviction Rates in South Africa
Author: South African Law Commission
Date: 2000

Crime, Public Order and Human Rights (ICHRP)
Author: International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP)
Date: December 2003

De la Paz a la Gobernabilidad
Author: Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
Date: October 2002

Human Rights Institute of South Africa
Author: Human Rights Documentation Centre (Namibia)
Date: 1993

Open Society Foundation for South Africa
Author: OSF-SA
Date: 2004

Policing in a Democratic Society
Author: Council of Europe
Date: November 2001

Policía Comunitaria
Author: Rachel Neild (WOLA)
Date: January 1999

Sosteniendo la Reforma:Policía Democrática en America Central
Author: La Oficina en Washington para Asuntos Latinoamericanos (WOLA)
Date: October 2002

South African 1996 Legal Aid Amendment Act
Author: Office of the President
Date: 19 April 1996

U Managing Conflict (UMAC)
Author: International Tolerance Network
Date: 2004

UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC): Selected African Countries' Legislation
Author: UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Date: 2003

United Nations Standards and Norms in the Area of Juvenile Justice in Theory and Practice
Author: Max Planck Institute/Heidrun Kiessl
Date: 2001


Criminal Justice and Public Security

Building mechanisms, institutions and instruments for Peace and Security in Africa
Author: SaferAfrica
Date: 19 February 2004

Challenges in Police Reform: Promoting Effectiveness and Accountability
Author: International Peace Academy / Charles T. Call
Date: 2003

Community Prosecution A Possible Cure in South Africa
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 10 February 2005

Conviction rates and other outcomes of crimes reported in eight South African police areas
Author: South African Law Commission (SALC)
Date: December 2000

Conviction Rates in South Africa
Author: South African Law Commission
Date: 2000

De la Paz a la Gobernabilidad
Author: Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
Date: October 2002

Developing a South African community-oriented prosecution model
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 26 April 2004

ICD Annual Report 2001/2002
Author: Independent Complaints Directorate (South Africa)
Date: 2002

Implementing Community Policing
Author: Community Policing Consortium
Date: 1998

Independent Complaints Directorate Annual Report 2002-2003
Author: Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD)
Date: 2003

Justice Initiatives, February 2005
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 1 February 2005

Manual for Community Based Crime Prevention: Making South Africa Safe
Author: National Crime Prevention Centre
Date: 2000

Policing in a Democratic Society
Author: Council of Europe
Date: November 2001

Policía Comunitaria
Author: Rachel Neild (WOLA)
Date: January 1999

Sosteniendo la Reforma:Policía Democrática en America Central
Author: La Oficina en Washington para Asuntos Latinoamericanos (WOLA)
Date: October 2002

The police that we want: A handbook for oversight of the police in South Africa
Author: David Bruce and Rachel Neild
Date: 24 January 2005


Alternatives to Pretrial Detention

VOA NEWS: RIGHTS GROUP REPORT: PRE-TRIAL DETENTION LEADS TO ABUSES
Author: US Fed News
Date: 14 June 2007


Legal Aid Reform

Quality Management Programme, 2007 by Legal Aid Board
Author: Lega Aid Board
Date: 2007

South Africa: Organizational Structure of Justice Centers
Author: Legal Aid Board of South Africa
Date: 2006

South African 1996 Legal Aid Amendment Act
Author: Office of the President
Date: 19 April 1996

South African Legal Aid materials
Author: D. McQuoid-Mason
Date: February 2005


Freedom of Information & Expression

Human Rights Institute of South Africa
Author: Human Rights Documentation Centre (Namibia)
Date: 1993

INTERNATIONAL: New International FOI Survey Released
Author: Freedominfo (FOIA List)
Date: 29 September 2003

Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
Author: MISA
Date: 2004

Media Institute South Africa
Author: Peter Rowland
Date: 18 April 2007

Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC)
Author: ODAC
Date: 2003

Public Information Still Hard To Get, Five Country Survey Finds
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 28 September 2004

SOUTH AFRICA: Growing Culture of Secrecy
Author: BBC Monitoring Africa (FOIA List)
Date: 28 August 2003

SOUTH AFRICA: IDASA sues five political parties over funding transparency
Author: Voice of America - Africa Online (FOIA List)
Date: 28 October 2003

SOUTH AFRICA: Private firms reprieved from information act
Author: Business Day (FOIA List)
Date: 29 August 2003

SOUTH AFRICA: Review of PAIA and implementation
Author: FOIA List
Date: 3 November 2003

SOUTH AFRICA: SAHA/FXI Statement on Intelligence Services
Author: Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) and the South African History Archive (SAHA) (FOIA List)
Date: 28 October 2003

SOUTH AFRICA: State Ignorant of Access Act, Says Da Survey
Author: All Africa (FOIA List)
Date: 6 November 2003

University of Pretoria: Centre for Human Rights and African Human Rights Database
Author: University of Pretoria
Date: 2003


Freedom of Information

Right to Know is Simply Not Enough
Author: Business Day
Date: 28 September 2005

South Africa: Access to Information
Author: The President (South Africa)
Date: 2000

SOUTH AFRICA: Access to Information Crucial to Socio Economic Rights
Author: Alasdair Roberts (FOIA List)
Date: 4 February 2004

SOUTH AFRICA: HRC calls for Amendment to Info Act
Author: Business Day (FOIA List)
Date: 4 February 2004

SOUTH AFRICA: Privacy and the right to know
Author: All Africa - Business Day (FOIA List)
Date: 22 December 2003

South Africa: The balancing act of national security
Author: Business Day
Date: 14 August 2003


Equality & Citizenship

Combating Discrimination in Russia: Strategies for Lawyers and NGOs
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 29 January 2003

Human Rights Institute of South Africa
Author: Human Rights Documentation Centre (Namibia)
Date: 1993

University of Pretoria: Centre for Human Rights and African Human Rights Database
Author: University of Pretoria
Date: 2003


Anti-Discrimination

Open Society Foundation for South Africa
Author: OSF-SA
Date: 2004


International Justice

Justice Initiatives, February 2005
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 1 February 2005

NGO Resolution on Human Rights in Dakar
Author: NGO Forum Dakar
Date: 22 November 2004


Hybrid International Courts

Extra-Ordinary Session of the ACHPR on the Situation in Darfur, Sudan
Author: African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights
Date: 15 September 2004


Legal Clinics

Second All Africa Clinicians Training Workshop, 11-15 October 2005
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 12 October 2005

Second All Africa Clinicians Training Workshop, 11-15 October 2005
Author: Durban, South Africa
Date: 11 October 2005

Training African law teachers
Author: University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)
Date: October 2004


Anticorruption

AFRICA: Online Corruption Information Centre
Author: Southern African Online Corruption Information Centre
Date: August 2003


Campaign / Party Finance Monitoring

Southern Africa: The Use of State Resources in Elections
Author: EISA
Date: 2004


South Africa: Enhancing Police Accountability

'Cape's City police are brutal and rude'
Author: Cape Times (IOL)
Date: 16 July 2004

Challenges in Police Reform: Promoting Effectiveness and Accountability
Author: International Peace Academy / Charles T. Call
Date: 2003

Civilian Oversight of Metro Police Departments (Media Coverage)
Author: Radio 786 / GFN-SSR
Date: 19 July 2004

Conference on Police Accountability (South Africa) and Media Coverage
Author: OSF-SA / Justice Initiative (Police Accountability) / Development Gateway
Date: 10 May 2004

Conviction Rates in South Africa
Author: South African Law Commission
Date: 2000

De la Paz a la Gobernabilidad
Author: Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
Date: October 2002

ICD Annual Report 2001/2002
Author: Independent Complaints Directorate (South Africa)
Date: 2002

International Observer, Edition 35, February 2005
Author: International Observer
Date: 25 January 2005

Ley del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Ciudadana, Reglamento, y Plan
Author: Instituto de Defensa Legal, Gobierno del Peru
Date: 2003

Local Level Civilian Oversight of the Metropolitan Police Departments in South Africa
Author: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Date: June 2004

Open Society Foundation for South Africa
Author: OSF-SA
Date: 2004

Police Accountability (South Africa)
Author: Police Accountability / Cape Times / OSF-SA
Date: 10 May 2004

Police Accountability Newsletter, April 2005
Author: Police Accountability
Date: 19 April 2005

Police Accountability Newsletter, April 2006
Author: Police Accountability
Date: April 2006

Police Accountability Newsletter, August 2004
Author: Police Accountability
Date: August 2004

Police Accountability Newsletter, August 2005
Author: Police Accountability
Date: August 2005

Police Accountability Newsletter, December 2004
Author: Police Accountability
Date: December 2004

Police Accountability Newsletter, January/February 2006
Author: Police Accountability
Date: February 2006

Police Accountability Newsletter, July 2004
Author: Police Accountability
Date: July 2004

Police Accountability Newsletter, June/July 2005
Author: Police Accountability
Date: 5 July 2005

Police Accountability Newsletter, March 2006
Author: Police Accountability
Date: March 2006

Police Accountability Newsletter, May 2005
Author: Police Accountability
Date: 1 June 2005

Police Accountability Newsletter, November 2004
Author: Police Accountability
Date: November 2004

Police Accountability Newsletter, November 2005
Author: Police Accountability
Date: November 2005

Police Accountability Newsletter, October 2004
Author: Police Accountability
Date: October 2004

Police Accountability Newsletter, September 2004
Author: Police Accountability
Date: September 2004

Police Accountability Newsletter, September 2005
Author: Police Accountability
Date: September 2005

Police Accountability Report, March 2005
Author: Police Accountability
Date: 8 March 2005

Policing in a Democratic Society
Author: Council of Europe
Date: November 2001

Policía Comunitaria
Author: Rachel Neild (WOLA)
Date: January 1999

Sosteniendo la Reforma:Policía Democrática en America Central
Author: La Oficina en Washington para Asuntos Latinoamericanos (WOLA)
Date: October 2002

Strengthening Police Oversight in South Africa
Author: Open Society Foundation for South Africa & Open Society Justice Initiative
Date: November 2005

The police that we want: A handbook for oversight of the police in South Africa
Author: David Bruce and Rachel Neild
Date: 24 January 2005


Peru

Challenges in Police Reform: Promoting Effectiveness and Accountability
Author: International Peace Academy / Charles T. Call
Date: 2003

Conviction Rates in South Africa
Author: South African Law Commission
Date: 2000

De la Paz a la Gobernabilidad
Author: Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
Date: October 2002

Ley del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Ciudadana, Reglamento, y Plan
Author: Instituto de Defensa Legal, Gobierno del Peru
Date: 2003

Policing in a Democratic Society
Author: Council of Europe
Date: November 2001

Policía Comunitaria
Author: Rachel Neild (WOLA)
Date: January 1999

Sosteniendo la Reforma:Policía Democrática en America Central
Author: La Oficina en Washington para Asuntos Latinoamericanos (WOLA)
Date: October 2002


Nigeria: Police Conduct in Elections

Challenges in Police Reform: Promoting Effectiveness and Accountability
Author: International Peace Academy / Charles T. Call
Date: 2003

De la Paz a la Gobernabilidad
Author: Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
Date: October 2002

Policing in a Democratic Society
Author: Council of Europe
Date: November 2001

Policía Comunitaria
Author: Rachel Neild (WOLA)
Date: January 1999

Sosteniendo la Reforma:Policía Democrática en America Central
Author: La Oficina en Washington para Asuntos Latinoamericanos (WOLA)
Date: October 2002


FOI Monitoring Tool

Access to Information Tool: Report from a Five-Country Pilot Study
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 28 September 2004

Access to Information Tool: South Africa 2003
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: November 2004

NGOs Reproach State On Right to Know Day
Author: Business Day (allAfrica)
Date: 29 September 2004

Public Information Still Hard To Get, Five Country Survey Finds
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 28 September 2004


CT casework

Justice Initiatives, February 2005
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 1 February 2005


FOI in Nigeria

Justice Initiatives, February 2005
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 1 February 2005


African Audit

Justice Initiatives, February 2005
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 1 February 2005

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