Key ruling upholds prisoners’ rights to counsel

It’s not often that the courts in Tanzania write a judgment that has significance for human rights in that country. Or that a constitutional petition will even be entertained, let alone succeed. Carmel Rickar, in her A Matter of Justice column on the Legalbrief site, writes that against this background, a recent decision delivered by a full Bench of the High Court in Dodoma regarding prisoners’ rights to private consultation, is a welcome, even hopeful, development.