when was corporal punishment banned in south africa
1997
title: Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act, 1997 text: Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act, 1997 The Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act, 1997 (Act No. 33 of 1997) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that abolished judicial corporal punishment. It followed the Constitutional Court's 1995 decision in the case of "S v Williams and Others" that caning of juveniles was unconstitutional. Although the ruling in "S v Williams" was limited to the corporal punishment of males under the age of 21, Justice Langa mentioned in "dicta" that there was a consensus that corporal punishment of adults was also unconstitutional. The act contains two substantive sections. The first title: South African criminal law text: simple message to be taken from this, according to the Constitutional Court, in "S v Williams", is that the State, in imposing punishment, must do so in accordance with certain standards; these will reflect the values which underpin the Constitution. In the present context, this means that punishment must respect human dignity and be consistent with the provisions of the Constitution. The caning of juveniles "in casu" was accordingly ruled unconstitutional. The Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act abolished judicial corporal punishment. The South African Schools Act abolished corporal punishment in schools. In "Christian Education v Minister of Education", a private title: Capital punishment in South Africa text: Capital punishment in South Africa Capital punishment in South Africa was abolished on 6 June 1995 by the ruling of the Constitutional Court in the case of "S v Makwanyane", following a five-year and four-month moratorium since February 1990. The standard method for carrying out executions was hanging, sometimes of several convicts at the same time. Mandatory death penalty for murder was abolished in 1935. At the same time, criminal justice saw an increased racialisation in disfavour of the non-white majority, who represented the vast majority of accused and convicted in capital cases. Hanging was maintained following the instatement of title: S v Williams (1995) text: S v Williams (1995) S v Williams and Others is a decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in which the court ruled that judicial corporal punishment is unconstitutional. The decision was taken with respect to five different cases in which six juveniles were convicted by different magistrates and sentenced to receive a "moderate correction" of a number of strokes with a light cane. The unanimous judgment, handed down on 9 June 1995, found the imposition of corporal punishment to be incompatible with the Interim Constitution of South Africa because it violates the right to human dignity and the title: Capital punishment in South Africa text: IFP weeks before. Capital punishment in South Africa Capital punishment in South Africa was abolished on 6 June 1995 by the ruling of the Constitutional Court in the case of "S v Makwanyane", following a five-year and four-month moratorium since February 1990. The standard method for carrying out executions was hanging, sometimes of several convicts at the same time. Mandatory death penalty for murder was abolished in 1935. At the same time, criminal justice saw an increased racialisation in disfavour of the non-white majority, who represented the vast majority of accused and convicted in capital cases. Hanging was maintained following