BLANCHARD & ORS v MINISTER OF JUSTICE 1999 (2) ZLR 24 (S)
Citation | 1999 (2) ZLR 24 (S) |
Case No | Judgment No. S-88-99 |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Gubbay CJ, McNally JA, Ebrahim JA, Muchechetere JA, Sandura JA |
Heard | 7 July 1999 |
Judgment | 9 July 1999 |
Counsel | J C Andersen SC, for the applicants |
Case Type | Constitutional application |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Constitutional law — Constitution of Zimbabwe 1980 — Declaration of Rights — s 15(1) — protection against inhuman or degrading treatment — unconvicted prisoners — constitutional rights of unconvicted prisoners — purpose of detaining unconvicted prisoners — restraints which may be placed on such prisoners — limits to such restraints — prisoners kept in solitary confinement, isolated from co-accused, deprived of own clothing and cell light on at all times — such treatment inhuman
Human rights — treatment of unconvicted prisoners in inhuman way — violation of s 15(1) of Constitution
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