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Human rights in African prisons
- Title
- Human rights in African prisons / edited by Jeremy Sarkin.
- Publication
- Cape Town, South Africa : HSRC Press ; Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2008]
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- Additional Authors
- Sarkin, Jeremy.
- Description
- x, 254 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Written by some of the most eminent researchers from and on Africa, including the former Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, this collection provides a detailed consideration of the situation in African prisons and examines how regional and international legal instruments have dealt with human rights concerns such as overcrowding, healthcare, pretrial detention and the treatment of women and children."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 10
- Uniform Title
- Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 10.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-246) and index.
- Contents
- An overview of human rights in prisons worldwide / Jeremy Sarkin -- A brief history of human rights in the prisons of Africa / Stephen Peté -- Challenges to good prison governance in Africa / Chris Tapscott -- Overcrowding in African prisons / Victor Dankwa -- Pre-trial detention and human rights in Africa / Martin Schönteich -- Children in African prisons / Julia Sloth-Nielsen -- The imprisonment of women in Africa / Lisa Vetten -- Rehabilitation and reintegration in African prisons / Amand Dissel -- Alternative sentencing in Africa / Lukas Muntingh -- The African Commission's approach to prisons / Rachel Murray.
- Call Number
- Sc E 17-55
- ISBN
- 9780796922069
- 0796922063
- 9780896802650
- 0896802655
- LCCN
- 2008299722
- OCLC
- 226176989
- Title
- Human rights in African prisons / edited by Jeremy Sarkin.
- Publisher
- Cape Town, South Africa : HSRC Press ; Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2008]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 10Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 10.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-246) and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Sarkin, Jeremy.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 17-55