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Webinar: Sub-national Government and the Criminalisation of Poverty & Status: Defining the problem, 4 April 2023
ACJR hereby cordially invites you to the first of a series of webinars on sub-national governance and the criminalisation of poverty and status.
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The Final Cape Declaration Adopted by Consensus - Decriminalising Poverty and Status [27 and 29 September 2022]
Cape Declaration on Decriminalising Poverty and Status, adopted by consensus by the participants of the convening of the Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty and ...
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The Final Cape Declaration Adopted by Consensus - Decriminalising Poverty and Status
Cape Declaration on Decriminalising Poverty and Status, adopted by consensus by the participants of the convening of the Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty and ...
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Conference Report on Covid-19 and the Decriminalisation of Petty Offences in Africa, 14-15 September 2020
From 14–16 September 2020, the Regional Campaign to Decriminalise Petty Offences in Africa co-hosted with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ...
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Malawi High Court sets aside vagrancy convictions
The Malawi High Court has quashed the convictions of 24 people, primarily women, for the vagrancy offence of ‘being idle and disorderly persons.’
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Principles on the Decriminalisation of Petty Offences
In 2017, the Principles on the Decriminalisation of Petty Offences in Africa were adopted by the African Commission, becoming the latest development in a ...
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Punished for being poor: Evidence and Arguments for the Decriminalisation and Declassification of Petty Offences
This paper sets out the arguments and evidence for the decriminalisation and declassification of petty offences. Report by Lukas Muntingh and Kristen Petersen
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Occasional Papers
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