CATHOLIC COMMISSION FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE IN ZIMBABWE v ATTORNEY-GENERAL & ORS 1993 (1) ZLR 242 (SC)
Citation | 1993 (1) ZLR 242 (SC) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Gubbay CJ, McNally JA, Korsah JA, Ebrahim JA & Muchechetere JA |
Heard | 20 May, 20, 21 June 1993 |
Judgment | 24 June 1993 |
Counsel | A P de Bourbon SC for the applicant |
Case Type | Details not supplied |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Constitution — death penalty — delay in carrying out sentence — whether delay itself is inhuman and degrading punishment or treatment — delay conjoined with conditions of detention pending execution — date from which any such delay calculated
Constitution — power of Supreme Court to set aside a sentence already confirmed on appeal
Court — locus standi — human rights organisation to act for condemned prisoners
Constitution of Zimbabwe — ss 15(1), 24(1) & 24(4)
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