WOODS v COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS & ANOR 2003 (2) ZLR 421 (H)
Citation | 2003 (2) ZLR 421 (H) |
Case No | Judgment No. S-137-02 |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Chidyausiku CJ, Sandura JA, Cheda JA, Ziyambi JA & Malaba JA |
Heard | 27 June 2002 |
Judgment | 17 November 2003 |
Counsel | Mrs J B Wood, for the applicant |
Case Type | Constitutional Application |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Constitutional law — Constitution of Zimbabwe, 1980 — Declaration of Rights — s 12 — right to life — nature of right protected by s 12
Constitutional law — Constitution of Zimbabwe, 1980 — Declaration of Rights — s 15 —protection from inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment — what constitutes inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment — refusal to permit prisoner undergo medical test — whether inhuman or degrading treatment — refusal to exercise prerogative of mercy towards prisoner serving life sentence — whether renders imprisonment inhuman or degrading
Constitutional law — Constitution of Zimbabwe, 1980 — s 311— President's prerogative of mercy—when exercisable—refusal to exercise prerogative in regard to prisoner serving life sentence — whether renders sentence inhuman or degrading
Words and phrases — inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment — Constitution of Zimbabwe, 1980 — s 15 — what constitutes inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment
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