Namibia seeks to ratify SADC protocol on transfer of offenders

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2025-02-19

WINDHOEK, 17 July 2024 - Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security, Lucia Witbooi (Photo by: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 19 FEB (NAMPA) – Namibia is poised to ratify a Southern African Development Community (SADC) protocol that will enable convicted offenders to serve their sentences in their home countries.
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Lucia Witbooi, on Tuesday called on the National Assembly to ratify the Draft SADC Protocol on the Inter-State Transfer of Sentenced Offenders.
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