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Kadoma Declaration on Community Service Orders in Africa

The International Conference on Community Service Orders in Africa, organised by PRI and the Zimbabwe National Committee on Community Service (ZNCCS), was held in Kadoma, Zimbabwe, from 24-28 November 1997. Participants at the conference adopted a Declaration agreeing, among other things, that the use of prison should be strictly limited to a measure of last […]

Kampala Declaration on Prison Conditions in Africa

Between 19-21 September 1996, 133 delegates from 47 countries, including 40 African countries, met in Kampala, Uganda. Delegates, including the President of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Ministers of State, Prison Commissioners, Judges and international, regional and national non-governmental organisations concerned with prison conditions, all worked together to find common solutions to […]