ISS SEMINAR: A PYRRHIC VICTORY? MANDATORY AND MINIMUM SENTENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA Thursday, 25 August 2005

Date: 2005-08-25 to Invalid date

ISS SEMINAR:
A PYRRHIC VICTORY? MANDATORY AND MINIMUM SENTENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Thursday, 25 August 2005

 

CRIME AND JUSTICE PROGRAMME

 

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Sentencing policy has always been a hot topic of debate in South Africa. However, the intensity of this debate has heated up since the introduction of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997 – the Act that introduced prescribed minimum sentences for specific serious offences into the South African legislative framework. This seminar will launch a recent ISS paper that examines some of the arguments that have been raised for and against the present sentencing regime, highlights the need for comprehensive sentencing reform, and discusses whether the Act managed to achieve some of its original aims and intentions.

 

Speakers:

 

Julia Sloth-Nielsen: Professor in the Law Faculty at the University of the Western Cape, and co-author of the paper, will critically assess the current sentencing framework and discuss some of the key arguments for and against the continued existence of minimum sentences in South Africa.

 

Dirk van Zyl Smit: Professor in the Law Faculty at the University of Cape Town will respond to the paper and discuss some of the often overlooked aspects of the minimum sentencing policy debate.

 

Time: 10h00 – 13h00 (a light lunch will be served)

Venue: ISS, Block C, Brooklyn Court, Veale Street East, Pretoria

 

RSVP: Ms Busiswa Gaya, email: [email protected]

Tel: (012) 346 9500, Fax (012) 460 0998

 

Parking is available at the Brooklyn Mall and ABSA Parkades at your own cost.

 

This seminar is funded by the Hanns Seidel Foundation