WILLIAMS & ORS v CO-MINISTERS OF HOME AFFAIRS & ORS 2014 (1) ZLR 678 (CC)
Citation | 2014 (1) ZLR 678 (CC) |
Case No | Judgment No. CC-4-14 |
Court | Constitutional Court, Harare |
Judge | Ziyambi JA, Garwe JA, Makarau JA, Gowora JA and Omerjee AJA |
Heard | 14 June 2012; CAV |
Judgment | 5 June 2014 |
Counsel | L Uriri, for the appellants |
Case Type | Constitutional application |
Annotations | No case annotations to date |
Flynote
Constitutional law – Constitution of Zimbabwe 1980 – Declaration of Rights – s 15 (right not to be subjected to inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment) – arrested being women being made to remove shoes and brassieres before being detained in overcrowded cells in conditions not complying with elementary norms of human decency or internationally accepted minimum standards – such treatment a breach of rights set out in s 15 – s 23 (prohibition against discrimination on grounds of gender) – women needing two articles of underwear – requirement to remove brassieres discriminatory
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