Detention without trial: past, present and future,Policy issues and actors
Item
- Title
- Detention without trial: past, present and future,Policy issues and actors
- Description
- Detention without trial can be a formidable government weapon against political opponents. In South Africa this weapon has been fashioned into a multiple warhead. There are currently seven security law detention provisions on the statute book, of which one is dormant but can be activated by the State President. Non security law detention, for example detention under drug laws, will not be discussed in this paper. While the seven detention laws are of varying severity and serve different purposes, they are best classified and explained under two main categories or groups - preventive detention and pre-trial detention.
- Subject
- Detention of persons -- South Africa
- Human rights -- South Africa
- Political prisoners -- South Africa
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72512
- Rights
- University of the Witwatersrand, Centre for Policy Studies
- Rights Holder
- University of the Witwatersrand, Centre for Policy Studies
- Provenance
- The item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University, on behalf of the Labour Research Service
- Type
- text
- Extent
- 19 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- useGuidelines
- The materials are made available explicitly for research and educational purposes. Any use of these materials must be cleared with the Labour Research Service.
- Date
- [1988]-02
- Item sets
- General Materials
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