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‘Camp courts are here to stay’

Polity 12 August 2025 Shilpa Rao On a Tuesday afternoon in July, a magistrate sits inside a local prison in Malawi. A remandee stands before him and begins to share…
Staff Writer
12 August 2025
The treatment of foreign nationals in SADC prisons ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesSADC

The treatment of foreign nationals in SADC prisons

Polity 08 August 2025 Madelyn Evans The treatment of foreign nationals in prisons across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region has become an increasingly urgent human rights concern. Migrants,…
Staff Writer
11 August 2025
Reform the African criminal justice system, starting with prisons oversight ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformEswatiniMalawi

Reform the African criminal justice system, starting with prisons oversight

Mail & Guardian 14 April 2025 By Melusi Simelane & Chikondi Chikozi In a world increasingly defined by impunity and political repression, the erosion of the rights once championed by…
Chikondi Chijozi
14 April 2025
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Petty policing practices

African Disability Rights Yearbook Volume 12 Petty policing practices: Enforcement of minor offences against persons with psychosocial disabilities in three East African countries By Anneke Meerkotter Anneke Meerkotter contributed an…
Anneke Meerkotter
21 February 2025
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Parliament adopts report to review vagrancy offences in Penal Code

On 4 September 2024, the Parliament of Malawi adopted the report by the legal affairs committee to review vagrancy offences in the Penal Code. This follows a 2017 judgement by…
Staff Writer
5 September 2024