REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA COMBINED SECOND PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLE`S RIGHTS and INITIAL REPORT UNDER THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA Inspectorate has consistently paid particular attention to deaths caused by alleged assaults on inmates by correctional officials. In June 2009, three correctional officials were convicted of murder arising from their involvement in the deaths of three inmates at the Krugersdorp Correctional Centre during April 2007. The officials were each sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. 60. In order to bolster its capacity to deal with complaints received from inmates, the Judicial Inspectorate has developed a system of Independent Correctional Centre Visitors (Independent Visitors), being community members appointed by the Inspecting Judge after a process of publicly calling for nominations and consulting with community organizations. 61. The work of the Independent Visitors is supported by an electronic system which allows them to record complaints, to submit reports to the Inspecting Judge and to enquire about the progress made in the internal resolution, where applicable, of such complaints. The electronic system also provides a data base of all visits to correctional centres, the time spent on such visits and the number and nature of complaints received at each correctional centre, over a specific period of time. The data collected in this fashion has been used to good effect to identify systemic problems that may exist at a particular correctional centre, and has been made freely available, for purposes of research, to universities, NGOs, the media and various other stakeholders. This constitutes a collective effort to inform public opinion on the conditions prevailing in correctional centres and on the treatment of inmates being detained there. 62. In relation to return and extradition, South African has a number of extradition agreements with other countries. South Africa has also ratified the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Extradition. The Protocol entered into force during the period under review, on 1 September 2006. In accordance with the right not to be tortured as enshrined in our Constitution, South Africa will not extradite a person to another state when there are substantial grounds for believing that he or she would be in danger of being subjected to torture. Legislative measures to prevent slavery and trafficking in persons 63. With regards to the prevention and combating of slavery, South Africa has passed the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, 2013.48 The Act is a comprehensive law dealing with the issue of trafficking, which was previously dealt with in various pieces of legislation, in a fragmented manner.49 48 Act 7 of 2013 For instance, the Sexual Offences and Related Matters Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No. 32 of 2007) addresses the trafficking of persons for purposes of sexual exploitation only, while the Children's Act, addresses the trafficking of children. In this regard, the new trafficking legislation amends Prescription, 1969 (Act No. 68 of 1969), the Criminal Procedure, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977), the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997 (Act No. 105 of 1997), the Witness Protection, 1998 (Act No. 112 of 1998), the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 1998 (Act No. 121 of 1998), the Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001 (Act No. 56 of 2001), the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No.13 of 2002), the Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005), the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No. 32 of 2007) and the Child Justice Act, 2008 (Act No. 75 of 2008). 49 22