Bulletin du CIMA: vol. 1, no. 2

Bulletin du CIMA: vol. 1, no. 2

Ce bulletin contient notamment de l’information sur la Tchécoslovaquie, l’Afrique du Sud, l’Uganda, l’Indonésie, l’Uruguay, l’Argentine, la Syrie, la République Démocratique Populaire du Yémen. 

CIJL Bulletin-vol1no2-1978-fra (Texte complet en PDF)

Detention of children in South Africa: a special report prepared by the ICJ

Detention of children in South Africa: a special report prepared by the ICJ

The ICJ supports the demand of the South African Institute for Race Relations for the appointment of an independent commission of inquiry to examine a ll aspects of detention without trial in South Africa.

It also urges that the mandate of the commission include an examination o f the practices with respect to, and the conditions of detention of young children.

The evidence of children in detention includes:

  • the numbers
  • age of children, duration of detention and condition of confinement
  • parental access
  • police brutality

There is also a supplement to the special report of July 1978 prepared by the ICJ. The figures reveal that as of June 23, 1978, a total of 806 persons were being detained in South Africa, including 31 children under the age of 18, and 169 school pupils.

South Africa-detention children-report-1978-eng (full text in English, PDF)

 

ICJ Review no. 20 (June 1978)

ICJ Review no. 20 (June 1978)

The purpose of the Review is to focus attention on the problems in regard to which lawyers can make their contribution to society in their respective areas of influence and to provide them with the necessary information and data. This edition features articles on:

  • Human rights in the world:
      -Ghana
      -Democratic Kampuchea
      -El Salvador
      -South Africa
      -South Korea
      -United States
  • Commentaries:
    -Human Rights Committee
    -UN Commission on human rights
    -UNESCO communications procedure
  • Articles:
    -India’s ex-untouchables by Harinder Boparai
    -Compensating prior discrimination: the Bakke case by Robert H. Kapp
    -Nuclear proliferation and safeguards by Alan F. Westin
  • ICJ news
    -Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers

ICJ Review-20-1978-eng (full text in English, PDF) ICJ Review-20-1978-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)

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