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Parole, release and restorative justice: Minister and National Council for Correctional Services
from the Summary of the Parliamentary Monitoring Group meeting:
The meeting provided an opportunity for the Portfolio Committee (PC) to engage with the Minister and the National Council for Correctional Services (NCCS) on matters of parole and release, with particular emphasis on the position of those sentenced to life imprisonment (lifers) and the role of the restorative justice processes.
May 25, 2012 Offender, Reentry, Practice, Community, Country:South Africa, Region: Africa
Taylor war crimes verdict incomplete justice
from the article by Carina Ray in the Bradenton Herald:
The conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor amounts to only partial justice.
While many Sierra Leoneans are relieved to see Taylor finally convicted for his destructive role in their country's brutal civil war, his wanton destabilization elsewhere in West Africa hardly figured in the criminal proceedings against him.
May 18, 2012 Country:Liberia, Region: Africa, Country:Sierra Leone, National Reconciliation
Activists berate Traditional Courts Bill in South Africa
from Sipho Khumalo's article in The Mercury:
The controversial Traditional Courts Bill, which its critics say will take the country back to the era of bantustans, is set to come under scrutiny at a series of public hearings in KwaZulu-Natal.
The sponsor of the bill, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, argues that the legislation seeks to affirm the recognition of traditional justice and its values based on restorative justice and reconciliation.
May 02, 2012 Human Rights, Country:South Africa, Court, Region: Africa, Indigenous
