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Justice and Constitutional Development
SAHRC Commissioner vacancies: finalisation
27 Oct 2016
The Committee agreed that the key criteria for nominating commissioners for the South African Human Rights Commission are race, gender, disability, continuity, experience of working with communities, legal skills, and human rights background. Members nominated and motivated for the following candidates: Prof Firoz Cachalia, Prof Christopher Bongani Majola, Ms Angelina ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Justice and Correctional Services Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report; Courts of Law Amendment Bill: deliberations
26 Oct 2016
The Committee deliberated and approved the three Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports. Democratic Alliance members objected to the framing of paragraph 8.1 concerning the Office of the Chief Judge and Judicial Administration because the inclusion of 'decolonisation' does not reflect the unanimous view of the Committee. After debate, members agreed ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
National Prosecuting Authority on its 2015/16 Annual Report
12 Oct 2016
The National Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Shaun Abrahams, raised a point of objection to the presence of Ms Breytenbach in the meeting stating that she should not be part of that meeting because she is currently accused in a criminal matter. Ms Breytenbach replied that fortunately ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on its 2015/16 Annual Report; Departmental First Quarter Performance Report
12 Oct 2016
The Committee met to receive a briefing from the the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on its 2015/16 Annual Report.
Prior to the briefing, the Department gave a report back to the Committee on a number of issues it had raised previously. The Department informed MPs ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Shortlisting of candidates to be interviewed for appointment to the SA Human Rights Commission
5 Oct 2016
The Committee met to shortlist candidates to be interviewed for apointment to the South African Human Rights Commission. The Committee shortlisted 18 out of 80 of the applicants and agreed that the interviews would be held on 13 and 14 October 2016.
Justice and Constitutional Development
SAHRC appointment process; Courts of Law Amendment Bill: Department responses to submissions
22 Sep 2016
List of 80 SAHRC nominations plus CVs
For the appointment process for commissioners to the South African Human Rights Commission, the Committee resolved to publish the list of 80 candidates until 30 September 2016 in order to ensure public scrutiny and possible objections. It agreed to shortlist 15-21 candidates by ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services impact: consultative meeting
21 Sep 2016
Stakeholders involved with prison reform were consulted on their views about the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services as an oversight mechanism and its impact. They expressed their frustration over the absence of tangible legislative reform to remedy weaknesses in JICS institutional setup. These weaknesses are JICS’s absence of investigative and ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Correctional Supervision and Parole: Successes, Challenges & Future Developments
20 Sep 2016
Lawyers for Human Rights (LFH), the Wits Justice Project (WJP), the Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative (CSPRI), the South African National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders (NICRO), and the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) made submissions to the Committee on the administration of correctional supervision ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Review of the Age of Criminal Capacity
7 Sep 2016
The Committee was told that South Africa was among the few countries that had developed and implemented a criminal justice system for children. The system ensured that children were treated differently from hardened criminals and the legislation had come into effect in 2010. The DoJ&CD was grappling with the implementation ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Justice Administered Fund Bill [B26-2015]: Department response to submissions
6 Sep 2016
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development said the only one comment was from the General Council of the Board which assumed the Bill also catered for the Guardian Funds and talked about all maintenance. The maintenance referred to in clause 3(a) was that directed by the Court to be ...