Domestic courts and the promotion and protection of the right to freedom from torture in Southern African development community countries

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dc.contributor.authorMujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-29T18:03:02Z
dc.date.available2015-10-29T18:03:02Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe right to freedom from torture is protected not only in the constitutions of all SADC countries but also in some of the regional and international human rights instruments that have been signed, ratified or acceded to by these countries. This article has discussed the measures taken by courts in different SADC countries to protect the right to freedom from torture. The author has focused on the following issues and made recommendations where appropriate: the definition of torture, the difference between torture on the one hand and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment on the other hand, the status of the right to freedom from torture in the eyes of the courts, the factors that courts consider as creating a conducive environment for torture, the issue of deporting or extraditing a person to a country where he or she could be subjected to torture, proving allegations of torture, some forms of punishment that have been declared as torture, and the admissibility of evidence obtained through torture.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationMujuzi, J. D. (2013). Domestic courts and the promotion and protection of the right to freedom from torture in Southern African development community countries. Speculum Juris, 2 (2): 22-44en_US
dc.identifier.issn0-6986-215-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1941
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherUniversity of Fort Hareen_US
dc.rightsSpeculum Juris is an open access journal. The published version of this article is available at http://www.speculumjuris.co.za/files/pdf/Mujuzi_SJ20132.pdf
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectCruel, inhuman and degrading treatmenten_US
dc.subjectTortureen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rightsen_US
dc.subjectSADCen_US
dc.subjectChildren's rightsen_US
dc.subjectDomestic courts
dc.subjectUN Convention against Torture
dc.subjectInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
dc.subjectConvention on the Rights of the Child
dc.titleDomestic courts and the promotion and protection of the right to freedom from torture in Southern African development community countriesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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