This report forms part of a broader Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation attempt to understand changing patterns of torture in the new South Africa. The report looks only at experiences of torture amongst young black males in…
Leqephe la Dintlha hodima Tlhabollo ya Diphofu tsa Tlhokofatso.
Fiche d'information du CSVR sur la réadaptation pour les victimes de la torture.
After 16 years of delays, South Africa finally enacted the Prevention and Combating of Torture of Persons Act in July 2013. The Act domesticates the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT)…
This publication presents key facts on torture in South Africa, the definition of torture, international and African normative frameworks governing torture, what distinguishes torture from other crimes, and the key issues for victims of torture.
Five years after the demise of apartheid, Vincent, a young, fresh-faced man arrived in remand detention in a Western Cape facility.Vincent had never been to prison before, and when he arrived he was thrown into an overcrowded cell that held first-time inmates and long-standing gang members. He was scared to death and, sadly, his fears were confirmed: on his first night, he was raped – by two different inmates.
