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Zim torture ruling hailed as landmark
Judge Hans Fabricius found that the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NPA), the head of the Priority Crimes Litigation Unit and the National Commissioner of Police failed in their obligations to investigate these crimes under international law
Updated: 05/09/2012 04:32A
Thomas Gabor: Florida's Stand Your Ground law causing irreparable harm to
Thomas Gabor, Stuart, is a criminal justice consultant who has served as an expert witness on firearms policy. The fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman in Sanford has sparked a national conversation about the use of lethal force in
Updated: 05/09/2012 04:01A
Zanu PF chefs face SA arrest
Fabricius ruled that South Africa was obliged to investigate and prosecute international crimes under the ICC Statute and under its own international criminal laws. “I hereby hand down a mandatory order, with costs, which obliges the respondents
Updated: 05/09/2012 04:01A
Supreme Court: backlog of Constitutional cases
Chimakure and Kahiya - this freedom of expression/press freedom challenges the constitutionality of section 31(1)(b) of the Criminal law Code [false news story alleged]. Arguments were heard in June 2010 but the court's decision has still not been
Updated: 05/09/2012 04:00A
Supreme Court: backlog of Constitutional cases
Chimakure and Kahiya - this freedom of expression/press freedom challenges the constitutionality of section 31(1)(b) of the Criminal law Code [false news story alleged]. Arguments were heard in June 2010 but the court's decision has still not been
Updated: 05/09/2012 04:00A
Several cases referred to the Supreme Court have not been heard or even set
Chimakure and Kahiya - this freedom of expression/press freedom challenges the constitutionality of section 31(1)(b) of the Criminal law Code [false news story alleged]. Arguments were heard in June 2010 but the court's decision has still not been
Updated: 05/09/2012 04:00A
Chinamasa Dismisses SA Court Ruling
The ruling becomes the first ever under South Africa's statutes spelling out its international law obligations. Human Rights lawyer Nicole Fritz of the South African Litigation Centre joined the Zimbabwe Exiles Forum to bring the lawsuit.
Updated: 05/09/2012 03:46A
Judge orders SAfrica to probe Mugabe
The South African parliament in 2002 passed the International Criminal Court Act to comply with the global treaty that created the court, known as the ICC. South African law provides for the prosecution in South African courts of people accused of
Updated: 05/09/2012 03:38A
Landlords rejoice at news squatting is to become a criminal offence
a criminal offence from 1st September 2012. One member of The Landlord Syndicate who has fought for some time to enforce this law, even supporting a campaign presented to Parliament in April 2011, is Paul Shamplina, also founder of Landlord Action.
Updated: 05/09/2012 03:25A
Landlords rejoice at news squatting is to become a criminal offence
a criminal offence from 1st September 2012. One member of The Landlord Syndicate who has fought for some time to enforce this law, even supporting a campaign presented to Parliament in April 2011, is Paul Shamplina, also founder of Landlord Action.
Updated: 05/09/2012 03:25A
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