Human Rights Day Conference - Foundation Office South Africa
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Human Rights Day Conference
Exploring sentencing challenges, co-operative governance and the role of civil society
Preliminary Programme
Tuesday, 21 March 2006
08:30Registration
09:00Word of Welcome
Prof Francois Venter (NWU-Potchefstroom) and the KAS
09:05Keynote address
Judge President Mogoeng
09:25Challenges in considering an appropriate sentence
Judge E Bertelsmann (TPD)
09:55Discussion
10:05The importance of co-operative governance and the meaning of
‘separation of powers’ in sentencing by the judiciary_
Prof SS Terblanche (UNISA)
10:35Discussion
10:45Tea
11:00Challenges experienced by Department Correctional Services
Mr Daniel Machinini (Department Correctional Services)
11:30Discussion
11:40The value of restorative justice in providing a basis
for alternatives to prison, with reference to some role-players
required for implementation
Mr Mike Batley (Restorative Justice Centre)
12:10Discussion
12:20First Strike: Making the connection
Mr Dave Thorpe (National Council of SPCAs)
12:50Discussion
13:00Lunch
14:00Ecological Criminology and victomology: An Eco-humanities
perspective on criminal justice and human animal interaction
Mr Gerhard Swanepoel (The Criminalogical Research Centre for Wildlife and Ecological
Crime)
14:30Discussion
14:40Teaching Empathy through animal-assisted therapy
Dr Magdie van Heerden (Private Practitioner)
15:10Discussion
15:20Closure
Association of Regional Magistrates