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Mozambique's Judicial Training Institute hears perspectives on constitutionality and bail

ACJR researchers Gwen Dereymaeker and Kristen Petersen shared the results of their comparative investigations into the constitutionality of criminal ...

New Malawi President fires Police Chief

Human rights groups welcomed the decision by Joyce Banda, who succeeded Bingu wa Mutharika on Saturday 7 March after his death from a heart attack.

Mozambique's new Penal Code came into effect today 29 June 2015, despite wide expectation that government would delay implementation of the law

By L Muntingh, J Mangwanda, K Petersen, T Lorizzo and V Petrovic

Officers of Western Cape’s anticrime programme work closely with police and they often have joint operations

Paper on arrest in Africa released

PPJA has released a paper exploring the issues around arrest in Africa. The paper considers the historical roots of policing in Africa and how these have been ...

A regional conference held in Malawi, the birthplace of paralegalism, called upon states to recognise and support the key role played by paralegals in the ...

Around 1000 prisoners were pardoned by the President during his State of the Nation address in December 2015. While these pardons offer temporary relief for ...

Plans to decongest Kenyan prisons via clemency

The Kenyan Ministry of Home Affairs has announced proposals to improve prison conditions by decongesting the prisons.

Lieutenant-General Khombinkosi Jula, the Western Cape Commissioner of Police, has announced that an additional 1140 police officials will be deployed in the ...