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Fact Sheet 14: Visible policing: Clarifying concepts and expectations
This fact sheet unpacks the idea of visible policing in South Africa. In so doing, it highlights that the concept should be engaged with critically. It ...
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Fact Sheet 16: Arrest without a warrant: Guidelines against arbitrary and unlawful arrests
This fact sheet deals with the process of arrest without a warrant and aims to provide guidance on how police officers should test and use their discretion ...
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Fact Sheet 17: The right of prisoners to vote in Africa (Updated)
This fact-sheet provides a brief update on the right of prisoners to vote in Africa. There have been substantive advances and breakthroughs in the promotion of ...
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Fact Sheet 22: Arrest without a warrant in Zambia: Law reform to prevent arbitrary arrest
This fact sheet deals with arrest without a warrant in Zambia. It highlights the legal framework governing arrest without a warrant, the shortcomings in the ...
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Fact Sheet 9: Failing to discipline in SAPS (updated 2021)
Recent media reports showed again how police officials grossly misused their power and, against departmental prescripts, used a 'sjambok' to assault a man for ...
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Fact Sheet 23: Arrest without a warrant in Mozambique: Law reform to prevent arbitrary arrest
This factsheet deals with the power to arrest without a warrant in Mozambique. A 2013-decision by the Constitutional Council of Mozambique resulted in ...
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Fact Sheet 6: Indefinite imprisonment in South Africa: The difference between life and indefinite imprisonment
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Folha Informativa 15 (Port.): Policiamento Democrático: Um Quadro Conceptual
Esta folha informativa discute o policiamento democrático como significando: (1) a obediência da Polícia ao Estado de Direito, (2) a responsabilização da ...
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Formalising the role of paralegals in Africa: A review of legislative and policy developments
Paralegals have an important role to play in criminal justice systems throughout Africa. In many countries the effective use of paralegals is inhibited by a ...
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Fact Sheet 18: A guide to reading government annual reports
Government departments use annual reports to report on their performance against set objectives stated in their Annual Performance Plans (APP) and the ...
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