+27 21 959 2946library@uwc.ac.za
Prescribed Materials
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Articles 7, 10 and 14
Convention against Torture - Articles 1, 3 and 15
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights - Article 5 and 7
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child - Articles 17, 30
The Protocol to the Africa Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
European Convention on Human Rights - Article 3
Inter-American Convention on Human Rights - Article 5
Service Charter for Victims of Crime in South Africa (2004)
Article 10 of the American Convention on Human Rights
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Mandela Rules)
White Paper on Remand Detention Management
Cameron E ‘Report: Pollsmoor Correctional centre - Remand Centre and Women's Centre’
The International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s Handbook on Prisoners with Special Needs
Click on the image below to access the UN Database:
Council of Europe Treaty Collection
The text of all Council of Europe treaties, their explanatory reports, the status of signatures and ratifications, the declarations and reservations made by States, as well as the notifications issued by the Treaty Office since 2005, are available on this website.
Avalon Project from Yale Law School
This project provides digital copies of historical diplomacy documents including treaties.
This site collects laws, treaties, cases, journals, and other materials from around the world. It covers both foreign and international law.
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