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Various forms of sexual abuse are common in detention facilities around the world. Research studies, reports by independent bodies such as the Jali Commission of Inquiry and the Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services (JICS), and documented reports by victimised inmates …
Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) is a non-profit, human rights and social justice organisation that strives to achieve gender equality in South Africa by building capacity and mobilising communities. Sonke works to create the change necessary for women, men, young people …
Ariane Nevin calls for further steps to be taken to mitigate the overcrowding of South Africa’s prisons.
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Part 1 : who was Mrs. Komani? One of the most important gains of the first ten years of democracy in South Africa has been the legal revolution brought about by the Constitutional Court, bringing to light the people who …
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Sonke is bringing a Constitutional Court application against the JICS. By Safura Abdool Karim for GROUNDUP.
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Sonke and LHR litigate for improved accountability of the Portfolio Committee for Justice and Correctional Services.
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The Court Order can be downloaded by clicking the “Download PDF” button below. The Reasons Delivered can be downloaded here.
The slow pace of gender transformation of the judiciary cannot be evaluated in isolation. The discussion must be placed within the larger South African context in which transformation (in its broadest sense) remains a difficult and contested issue. Considering the …
On 5 December 2016, the case brought by Sonke Gender Justice and Lawyers for Human Rights, in response to the extreme overcrowding and inhumane conditions suffered by detainees awaiting trial in Pollsmoor Remand Detention Facility, was finally heard by Judge …
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This is the second part of the Cape Talk Radio interview with Sonke’s national Prisons Specialist, Ariane Nevin and ex Pollsmoor inmate Cedric Matolweni, on prison overcrowding and the high court’s decision to declare the Pollsmoor prison conditions as unconstitutional.
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Sonke’s national Prisons Specialist, Ariane Nevin and Cedric Matolweni, a former Pollsmoor prison inmate and current director of Msobomvu Nyanga Construction are being interviewed on Cape Talk Radio about prison overcrowding and the high court’s decision to declare the Pollsmoor …
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Complaints against the continued underrepresentation of women in South Africa’s judicial system.
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CNN reporters reveal the extent of the inhumane conditions in Pollsmoor.
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On 5 December 2016 the Western Cape High Court found conditions in Pollsmoor Remand Detention Facility to be unconstitutional.
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Court declares conditions in Pollsmoor Remand Detention Facility unconstitutional.
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On 5 December 2016, the case launched by Sonke Gender Justice and Lawyers for Human Rights, in response to the extreme overcrowding and inhumane conditions suffered by detainees awaiting trial in Pollsmoor Remand Detention Facility, was heard by Judge Saldanha …
National government and the head of Pollsmoor’s remand facility taken to court by Sonke Gender Justice.
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