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HSF Briefs

What is a fair trial according to the European Court on Human Rights?
Author: Mihloti Basil Sherinda
Published: 19 Oct 2021
This brief discusses the right to fair trial in light of the contemporary debate on the definition of a ‘trial’. It considers the matter from an international perspective, particularly in terms of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as interpreted by the European Court on Human Rights. Fair trial rights are divided into civil and criminal. The brief argues that the right to a fair trial requires a competent tribunal to adjudicate a matter with fairness and natural justice.
Education Briefs
What Would Edmund Burke Say? Reflections on the Appointment of the Chief Justice
Author: Chelsea Ramsden
Published: 06 Oct 2021
This second of two briefs comments on the procedure adopted by President Ramaphosa to consider the appointment of the new Chief Justice. The first brief considered the process of Constitutional Court appointments. With a focus on the Judicial Service Commission interviews held in April and October 2021.
Briefs Public Interest Justice
Take Two: Appointing the Justices of the Constitutional Court
Author: Chelsea Ramsden
Published: 06 Oct 2021
This first of two briefs will consider the process of Constitutional Court appointments. With a focus on the Judicial Service Commission interviews held in April and October 2021. The second brief comments on the procedure adopted by President Ramaphosa to consider the appointment of the new Chief Justice.
Briefs Strengthening the Judicial System Public Interest Justice
Legislatures in Lockdown
Author: Christopher Fisher
Published: 28 Sep 2021
This brief argues in support of proposed amendments to the Disaster Management Act, which hold the potential to bring states of disaster under legislative supervision.
Briefs Politics Governance
Concluding Remarks
Author: HSF
Published: 15 Sep 2021
This brief provides for concluding remarks and responses on Research Fellow Matthew Kruger’s previously published brief entitled “A Life of Freedom: Mandatory Vaccines and Mocking the Dead” in which he argued that it is a shared narcissistic disgust of others that motivates the present move towards a policy of mandating vaccines.
Briefs Health