Human Rights in African Prisons
Publisher: Human Sciences Research Council; HSRC Press; Ohio University Press
Published: May 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780796922069
Subjects: Africa - General; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Political Science / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations
Description: "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.