Abbreviations ACHPR African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights ACMHPR AIDS African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome APRM African Peer Review Mechanism AU African Union CGE Commission for Gender Equality CRED Creative Education for Youth at Risk CSVR Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation DCS Department of Correctional Services HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus ICD Independent Complaints Directorate IJ Inspecting Judge IPVs Independent Prison Visitors JIOP Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations NICRO National Institute for Crime Prevention and Reintegration of Offenders PUPCRO Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union RSA Republic of South Africa SADC Southern African Development Community SAHRC South African Human Rights Commission 7 Special Rapporteur on Prisons Mission to South Africa 14 – 30 June 2004