The justice sector afterthought : witness protection in Africa /
Witness protection in Africa
Chris Mahony.
- Tshwane (Pretoria) : Institute for Security Studies, c2010.
- xii, 230 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-230)
Protecting those most vulnerable: overview of the key issues -- International Criminal Court's Victims and Witnesseses Unit: a mandate to protect all? -- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: a lesson in ensuring protection from the outset -- Special Court for Sierra Leone: a new model for African witness protection? -- South Africa's witness protection unit: Africa's first domestic protection mechanism -- Kenya's new protection programme: can high expectations be matched by political will? -- Uganda: conflating witness protection and protection of informants -- Sierra Leone: domestic protection conceptualised by an international tribunal -- Towards and African right to protection: conclusions and recommendations.
9781920422073
2010289557
Witnesses--Protection--Africa. International criminal courts--Africa.