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Media Alert: National Consultation on the African Commission Principles on Decriminalisation of Petty Offences in Africa

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

21 NOVEMBER 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) Gauteng Provincial Office in collaboration with the Network or African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI), will host a National Consultation on the African Commission Principles on Decriminalisation of Petty Offences in Africa.

The aim of the consultation is to engage with state and non-state actors such as the judiciary, law enforcement and civil society on the principles and the human rights imperatives of finding alternatives to arrest and detention for petty offences.

In light of this, you are invited to participate in this important consultation as per details below.

Date:    22 November 2018

Time:   09:30 – 17:00

Venue: DItsong Museums of South Africa, Conference Room,

             149 Visagie Street (Corner Bosman), Pretoria CBD, 

For further information contact : Buang Jones, Provincial Manager, T: 011 877 3752 / C: 078 617 0476; E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Philip Molekoa: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; 011 877 3754 / 083 731 0662 or Princess Kelebogile Ka-Siboto, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; 011 877 3674

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