S v Makwanyane and Another (CCT 3/94) was a landmark 1995 judgement of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. It established that capital punishment...
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on the execution of capital sentences. In June 1995, in the case of S v Makwanyane, the Constitutional Court of South Africa held that capital punishment...
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constitutionality of legislative and executive actions. Landmark cases such as S v Makwanyane abolished the death penalty, reflecting the Constitution's emphasis...
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dealt with the consequences of the Constitutional Court's ruling in S v Makwanyane in which capital punishment was declared to be unconstitutional. The...
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nationwide moratorium, stopping executions until further notice. In S v Makwanyane in 1995, the Constitutional Court of South Africa declared that capital...
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which the State must uphold by example as well. – Langa's opinion in S v Makwanyane on the abolition of capital punishment, June 1995 In 1998, the Southern...
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Criminal procedure in South Africa (redirect from S v Western Areas Ltd)
was removed from the list. In 1995, the Constitutional Court held, in S v Makwanyane, that the Constitution had abolished the death sentence in respect of...
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terms of a test outlined in Justice Arthur Chaskalson's judgment in S v Makwanyane, she proceeded to conduct a balancing exercise to evaluate whether that...
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June 1995 by the ruling of the Constitutional Court in the case of S v Makwanyane, following a five-year and four-month moratorium that had been in effect...
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abolition of the death penalty in S v Makwanyane, against discrimination on the basis of HIV status in Hoffmann v South African Airways, for the protection...
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The Constitutional Court abolishes capital punishment in the case of S v Makwanyane and Another. 24 – South Africa win the Rugby World Cup over New Zealand...
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before executions in Pratt v A-G for Jamaica (1993), S v Makwanyane (1995), Soering v United Kingdom (1989), and United States v Burns (2001). Secondly,...
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attend all sessions. Ordinary rules of decent dress and decorum apply. S v Makwanyane and Another (6 June 1995): abolished the death penalty, declaring capital...
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abolished the death penalty in S v Makwanyane on 6 June 1995. He also wrote notable majority judgments in Soobramoney v Minister of Health, KwaZulu-Natal...
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Africa abolishes capital punishment in South Africa in the case of S v Makwanyane and Another. June 13 – French President Jacques Chirac announces the...
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(1) SA 408 (A). S v Makwanyane 1995 (3) SA 391 (CC). S v Mahlangu and Others 1986 (1) SA 135 (T) S v Malan 1998 (2) SACR 143 (C). S v Mambo 2006 (2) SACR...
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constitutional law. It was also quoted by Justice Laurie Ackermann in S v Makwanyane, one of the Constitutional Court's earliest judgments. Mureinik's father...
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of South Africa v Democratic Alliance and Others (CCT159/18) [2019] ZACC 35. S v Zuma and Others (CCT5/94) [1995] ZACC 1. S v Makwanyane and Another (CCT3/94)...
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Chaskalson's approach in S v Makwanyane (on the right to life of criminals) and Justice Yvonne Mokgoro's approach in Khosa v Minister of Social Development...
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are not confined to instruments that are binding on South Africa. In S v Makwanyane, the Constitutional Court held that both binding and non-binding international...
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Coetzee and Matiso (redirect from Coetzee v Government of the Republic of South Africa; Matiso and Others v Commanding Officer, Port Elizabeth Prison, and Others)
(W). S v Lasker 1991 (1) SA 558 (C). S v Makwanyane and Another 1995 (3) SA 391 (CC) (1995 (6) BCLR 665). S v Motsoesoana 1986 (3) SA 350 (N). S v Williams...
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which was the result of the Constitutional Court's ruling in S v Makwanyane. Though Makwanyane was decided under the Interim Constitution, the Constitutional...
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provision violates section 8(2) of the Interim Constitution, but, per S v Makwanyane, it must further be determined whether this violation constitutes a...
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penalty—at least, the purposes as considered by the Constitutional Court in S v Makwanyane—are deterrence, prevention, and retribution. In serving these purposes...
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Court judgment in Khanyile. Similarly, in a concurring judgment in S v Makwanyane, Didcott affirmed his lifelong opposition to the death penalty, which...
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BBC News. 20 March 2020. "Japan Performed No Executions in 2023, Making U.S. the Only G7 Country to Use Capital Punishment Last Year". Death Penalty Information...
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the first decisions by the Constitutional Court was the 1995 case of S v Makwanyane, in which the court addressed the constitutionality of the death penalty...
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Eleven of the Constitution of South Africa S v Makwanyane (abolishing the death penalty in South Africa) Soering v United Kingdom (similar ruling from the...
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S v Dodo 2001 (3) SA 382 (CC) (2001 (5) BCLR 423). S v Lawrence; S v Negal; S v Solberg1997 (4) SA 1176 (CC) (1997 (10) BCLR 1348). S v Makwanyane and...
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period, in 1995, the Centre represented the appellants in the matter of S v Makwanyane, in which the Constitutional Court handed down its landmark ruling that...
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