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Author | : Suzzie Oyakhire |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : LAW |
ISBN | : 9781003199199 |
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"This book examines the concept of witness protection which is still at an early developmental stage in several African countries including Nigeria, from a legal and institutional perspective. Recent developments in Nigeria highlight the need to clarify legal and conceptual issues within the existing legal framework for protecting witnesses. Using the Nigerian case study, the book illustrates some obscurities inherent in the concept of witness protection. These are highlighted around five critical areas: the definition of witness protection; the scope of beneficiaries requiring protection; the nature of crimes necessitating protection; the nature of protective measures; and the administrative control of witness protection. Specifically, this book draws from the existing literature and practices of witness protection and adopts two distinct perspectives: the criminal justice perspectives and human rights perspectives as heuristic tools for analysing the concept and to separate the disparate influences that shape how it is construed. These distinctions are utilised throughout the book as an integrated way of conceptualising the concept of witness protection. By discussing the practice of witness protection within the Nigerian context, the book contributes to African conversations on the topic of witness protection. The clarifications made in this book are utilised in making normative proposals for developing a legal framework for witness protection in Nigeria. They are also useful for other African countries interested in developing a witness protection framework as part of criminal justice reform. This book will serve as a reference point for legal scholars, researchers, academics, (postgraduate) students and policy makers interested in the concept of witness protection. It would also be useful for courses 'concerned with comparative criminology where there is an interest in developments in the Global South.'"--
Author | : Chris Mahony |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : International criminal courts |
ISBN | : |
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This book is the first of its kind to address the frictions between protecting the rights of accused persons and protecting the physical and psychological well being of witnesses in Africa. Included are justice reform, initiatives to create protection programs, legislation, and dependence on state and international cooperation. Specific attention is given to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and international criminal tribunals.
Author | : Suzzie Onyeka Oyakhire |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2023-06-30 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1000899454 |
Download Witness Protection and Criminal Justice in Africa Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book examines the concept of witness protection which is still at an early developmental stage in several African countries including Nigeria, from a legal and institutional perspective. Recent developments in Nigeria highlight the need to clarify legal and conceptual issues within the existing legal framework for protecting witnesses. Using the Nigerian case study, the book illustrates some obscurities inherent in the concept of witness protection. These are highlighted around five critical areas: the definition of witness protection; the scope of beneficiaries requiring protection; the nature of crimes necessitating protection; the nature of protective measures; and the administrative control of witness protection. Specifically, this book draws from the existing literature and practices of witness protection and adopts two distinct perspectives: the criminal justice perspectives and human rights perspectives as heuristic tools for analysing the concept and to separate the disparate influences that shape how it is construed. These distinctions are utilised throughout the book as an integrated way of conceptualising the concept of witness protection. By discussing the practice of witness protection within the Nigerian context, the book contributes to African conversations on the topic of witness protection. The clarifications made in this book are utilised in making normative proposals for developing a legal framework for witness protection in Nigeria. They are also useful for other African countries interested in developing a witness protection framework as part of criminal justice reform. This book will serve as a reference point for legal scholars, researchers, academics, (postgraduate) students and policy makers interested in the concept of witness protection. It would also be useful for courses ‘concerned with comparative criminology where there is an interest in developments in the Global South.’
Author | : Mwene Mushanga |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2004-12-29 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9966031960 |
Download Criminology in Africa Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Criminology in Africa has been produced with contributions from leading African authors who have focussed on the various problems facing Africa today regarding crime and criminal justice, and they have, at the same time, put forward their ideas and suggestions for coming to terms with these massive problems.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Ntl Inst for Trial Advocacy |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781601560162 |
Download Access to Justice in Africa and Beyond Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Charles C. Jalloh |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 1199 |
Release | : 2019-05-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 110842273X |
Download The African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples' Rights in Context Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume analyses the prospects and challenges of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples' Rights in context. The book is for all readers interested in African institutions and contemporary global challenges of peace, security, human rights, and international law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Author | : Esther Steyn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Witnesses |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Tim Allen |
Publisher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2013-04-04 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1848137931 |
Download Trial Justice Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has run into serious problems with its first big case -- the situation in northern Uganda. There is no doubt that appalling crimes have occurred here. Over a million people have been forced to live in overcrowded displacement camps under the control of the Ugandan army. Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army has abducted thousands, many of them children and has systematically tortured, raped, maimed and killed. Nevertheless, the ICC has confronted outright hostility from a wide range of groups, including traditional leaders, representatives of the Christian Churches and non-governmental organizations. Even the Ugandan government, which invited the court to become involved, has been expressing serious reservations. Tim Allen assesses the controversy. While recognizing the difficulties involved, he shows that much of the antipathy towards the ICC's intervention is misplaced. He also draws out important wider implications of what has happened. Criminal justice sets limits to compromise and undermines established procedures of negotiation with perpetrators of violence. Events in Uganda have far reaching implications for other war zones - and not only in Africa. Amnesties and peace talks may never be quite the same again.
Author | : S. Buckley-Zistel |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2011-11-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0230348610 |
Download Gender in Transitional Justice Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Based on original empirical research, this book explores retributive and gender justice, the potentials and limits of agency, and the correlation of transitional justice and social change through case studies of current dynamics in post-violence countries such Rwanda, South Africa, Cambodia, East Timor, Columbia, Chile and Germany.
Author | : Gerhard Werle |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2016-11-29 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9462651507 |
Download The African Criminal Court Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book offers the first comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the provisions of the ‘Malabo Protocol’—the amendment protocol to the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights—adopted by the African Union at its 2014 Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The Annex to the protocol, once it has received the required number of ratifications, will create a new Section in the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights with jurisdiction over international and transnational crimes, hence an ‘African Criminal Court’. In this book, leading experts in the field of international criminal law analyze the main provisions of the Annex to the Malabo Protocol. The book provides an essential and topical source of information for scholars, practitioners and students in the field of international criminal law, and for all readers with an interest in political science and African studies. Gerhard Werle is Professor of German and Internationa l Crimina l Law, Criminal Procedure and Modern Legal History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Director of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice. In addition, he is an Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape and Honorary Professor at North-West University of Political Science and Law (Xi’an, China). Moritz Vormbaum received his doctoral degree in criminal law from the University of Münster (Germany) and his postdoctoral degree from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He is a Senior Researcher at Humboldt-Universität, as well as a coordinator and lecturer at the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice.