Detention without trial: past, present and future

Title: Detention without trial: past, present and future
Title: Policy issues and actors
Creator: Mathews, A S
Creator: Wylie, James Scott
Subject: Detention of persons -- South Africa
Subject: Human rights -- South Africa
Subject: Political prisoners -- South Africa
Date Issued: [1988]-02
Date: [1988]-02
Type: text
Type: book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72512
Identifier: vital:30079
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.
Format: 19 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: University of the Witwatersrand, Centre for Policy Studies
Language: English
Rights: University of the Witwatersrand, Centre for Policy Studies
Rights: No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission from the publisher

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