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South African Constitutional Court clarifies law on liability of police for unlawful detention after court appearance
Author: Jean
Published: 18 May 2021
The Constitutional Court on 14 May 2021 overturned a judgement of the Supreme Court of Appeal, which had limited the Minister of Police's liability for unlawful detention to the point at which they could have applied for bail. The judgement is important for the evolving jurisprudence on liability for lawful detention on the continent.
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South African Constitutional Court clarifies law on liability of police for unlawful detention after bail is denied
Author: Jean
Published: 18 May 2021
The Constitutional Court on 14 May 2021 overturned a judgement of the Supreme Court of Appeal, which had limited the Minister of Police's liability for unlawful detention to the point at which they could have applied for bail. The judgement is important for the evolving jurisprudence on liability for lawful detention on the continent.
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South Africa's High Court orders state to ensure police and soldiers act within the law under Disaster Management Act regulations
Author: Jean
Published: 15 May 2020
On 10 April 2020, Mr Collins Khosa was brutalised, tortured and murdered in his own home by security forces deployed to enforce South Africa's Disaster Management Act ("lockdown") regulations. The family of Mr Khosa brought an application to court to attempt to ensure such brutality does not happen again. The court ordered the Minister and various agencies of state to take a range of preventative measures. The state was ordered to pay costs.
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Prisons, overcrowding and preventing Covid-19 transmission
Author: Jean
Published: 30 Apr 2020
Over 163,000 people are in correctional facilities in South Africa. Outbreaks of Covid-19 in these prisons can have catastrophic consequences for both prisoners and the public healthcare system.
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Rwanda scraps over 1000 colonial-era laws
Author: Jean
Published: 27 Sep 2019
The New Times reports that The Minister of Justice, Johnston Busingye, told the newspaper in a telephone interview that this step finally means that Rwandans can now be fully governed by the laws that they have made themselves. The said laws were enacted between 1885 and 1962, when Rwanda obtained independence from Belgium.
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