Human Rights in African Prisons - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0796922063 ISBN 13: 9780796922069

Publisher: HSRC Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Prisons have always been a key focus of those interested in human rights and the rule of law. This book looks at the challenges African governments face in dealing with these issues.Written by some of the most eminent researchers from and on Africa, including the former Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, it provides a detailed consideration of the situation in African prisons and examines how regional and international legal instruments have dealt with human rights concerns such as overcrowding, healthcare, pretrial detention and the treatment of women and children.Critically, the book reveals that there are processes and reforms underway across nations in Africa, and makes recommendations for strengthening and building on them.

About this title

About the Author

Jeremy Sarkin is a senior professor of law at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, and has served as an acting judge in the Cape High Court in South Africa. His previous books are The Administration of Justice: Comparative Perspectives; Carrots and Sticks: The TRC and the South African Amnesty Process; Human Rights, the Citizen and the State: South African and Irish Perspectives; and Reconciliation in Transitional Societies: Finding Common Ground.

Edition details

• Publisher: HSRC Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0796922063
• ISBN 13: 9780796922069
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Sarkin Jeremy