In schools, the restorative approach removes the climate of fear that negatively affects teaching and learning
South Africa has been ranked 47th out of 126 countries in the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index
Like the Diakonia Centre, its founder lived for social justice and human rights
There are many issues that need to be addressed to make it easier for women to get legal redress
New York City’s jail has a long history of being a hotbed of inequality and abuse, which still lingers.
A police officer’s laxity led to a boy shooting his brother but the family still waits for compensation.
The Marikana inquiry shows how the state and capital collude to shaft society’s poorest.
Yet serious errors by the prosecutor and the magistrate meant the high court had no choice but to reduce his sentence of life in prison.
Poverty can only be tackled once vulnerable citizens know they can turn to the courts.
Justice: A Personal Account, by Edwin Cameron (Tafelberg).
By provoking debate on his religion’s relation to the law Mogoeng opens himself – and, by extension, his office – to criticism, debate and engagement.
There is hope for 89 inmates on death row after nongovernmental organisations increased pressure on the government to abolish the death penalty.
The law must be amended so that the minister has no power over the prosecuting authority, saya Dene Smuts.
The justice department is footing the R75-million bill for the Farlam commission but the cost to the cash-strapped department may well escalate.
Human Rights Watch released a report on the violence that underprivileged, black lesbians and trans men face on a day to day basis.
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/ 17 November 2010
Most districts in Zimbabwe are operating with a single magistrate as understaffing continues to derail justice delivery, a chief magistrate said.