
ACJR engages in high-quality research, teaching and advocacy on criminal justice reform and human rights in Africa. Project of @UWC_DOI
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined February 2017
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[EVENT] Join us on 30/08 at a webinar on Sub-national Governance, Law Enforcement and Oversight in Five African Countries: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia, hosted by @ACJReform
Read more/Register: dullahomarinstitute.org.za/e…
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[INVITE] Join us on 28/06 at a webinar on The Right to Public Spaces & Informal Work: Key considerations for Law & Policy-Making, hosted by @ACJReform @WIEGOGLOBAL
PART2 of webinar series: Sub-national governance & the criminalisation of poverty & status
dullahomarinstitute.org.za/e…
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[ANNOUNCEMENT - NEW DATE] The webinar on The Numbers Gang in South African Correctional Facilities: Reflections on Structures, Functions and Culture will now take place on 25 April 2023
Register: bit.ly/40k1J5f
@ACJReform @UWCLawFaculty @UWConline
[ANNOUNCEMENT] Please note that this webinar has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.
A new date will be communicated in due course.
@ACJReform @UWCLawFaculty @UWConline
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[ANNOUNCEMENT] Please note that this webinar has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.
A new date will be communicated in due course.
@ACJReform @UWCLawFaculty @UWConline
Join us on 18/04 @ 11am at a Webinar on the Numbers Gang in SA Correctional Facilities: Reflections on Structures, Functions and Culture hosted by @ACJReform
@osfsa @UWCLawFaculty @UWConline
Read more/REGISTER: bit.ly/3o6Uz7m
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Join us at a webinar on ‘Magistrates’ Perceptions of Prosecutors: Survey Analysis’ @ACJReform
📅22 Feb 2023
⏲️10:00 am - 11:30 am (SAST)
📍Zoom
This webinar will discuss the findings & analysis of a set of questions about perceptions of prosecutors…dullahomarinstitute.org.za/e…
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The court hearing for the landmark Petition No. 36 challenging “being a rogue and vagabond” is slated for Monday 19th September, 2022 at 9:00am
Join us and add your voice to the Campaign to Decriminalise and Declassify Petty Offences in Uganda
#Decriminalisepettyoffences
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#16DaysOfActivism | Sonke Gender Justice, @CityofJoburgZA & @masiphephe to unveil a mural painting in commemoration of the #16DaysOfActivism against GBV in Soweto on the 25th of November 2022.
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Sexual abuse in detention is absolutely preventable. View our 2015 publication (In their boots) via the link: justdetention.org/wp-content…
#humanrights #preventionofsexualabuse #endprisonersexualabuse #endviolence #endrape #hope
SABC News interview with Deputy Minister John Jefferey (@JhjSA) talks about the inhumane conditions in prison, how petty offences laws target the poor and how reform is necessary to address challenges. Watch here: youtu.be/rKNgujOpr-g
#DecrimPoverty
#DecrimStatus
The appointment of the Inspecting Judge for the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services was approved by the President, Honourable Cyril Ramaphosa. We are excited to announce that Justice Edwin Cameron will continue to steer the mandate of JICS for the next three years.
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Replying to @ThuliMadonsela3
@ThuliMadonsela3 says at the #2022DOML that part of re-imagining democracy is to see it in line with the constitution. #dullahomar believed our democracy was a social democracy. @HannsSeidelSA @UWCLawFaculty @UWConline @webberwentzel
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At the core of Ubuntu is shared humanity, in which everyone has equal value. That is the value intended in the Constitution and what Dullah Omar stood for- Prof Thuli Madonsela
#2022DOML #dullahomar
@UWC_DOI @UWConline @UWCLawFaculty @jdevisser @UsangAssim
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Prof. Thuli Madonsela reminds us that to achieve social justice, there is need to recognise people in their diversity.
#2022DOML
Watch via YouTube youtu.be/tuIdYirquPU
#dullahomar
@UWC_DOI @UWConline @UWCLawFaculty @jdevisser @UsangAssim @GladysMukundi
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#2022DOML If you want prosperity for a year, plant crops; if you want prosperity for 10 years, plant trees; if you want prosperity for 100 years [and beyond], invest in people. @UWConline @UWC_DOI
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UWC Creative Arts Choir regaling the guests at #2022DOML. #dullahomar @HannsSeidelSA @UWCLawFaculty @UWConline @webberwentzel
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Prof Tinashe Chigwata introduces the main speaker of the #2022DOML - Prof Thuli Madonsela. He says it is a tough job because of her very long and impressive background. #dullahomar @HannsSeidelSA @UWCLawFaculty @UWConline @webberwentzel @
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Farieda Omar known by many as aunty Farieda welcomes all to #2022DOML. #dullahomar. @UWConline @UWCLawFaculty @webberwentzel @HannsSeidelSA
In Nigeria, police are appealing the Abuja High Court's judgment prohibiting the indiscriminate arrest and detention of women in the Federal Capital Territory.
Read full article here: thecable.ng/abuja-club-raid-…
#DecrimPoverty
#DecrimStatus
#DecrimActivism
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[READ] The University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) dental community outreach project received a huge boost this week when a brand new, much improved mobile dental clinic was launched.
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