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ICRC report on the visit to “Robbeneiland” (Robben Island) Prison on the 1st May, 1964, by Mr G. Hoffmann, Delegate General of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2018

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On 1 May 1964, Georg Hoffmann, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Delegate General in Africa, inspected Robben Island Prison, where some twenty days earlier Nelson Mandela was visited for the first time. Having access to political prisoners in apartheid South Africa, the ICRC sought to ensure that detainees lived in decent conditions and were treated humanely.

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International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 98 , Issue 903: Detention: Addressing the human cost , December 2016 , pp. 1067 - 1077
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Copyright © icrc 2018 

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1 For more information on the ICRC's approach and action when carrying out prison visits, see ICRC, “What We Do for Detainees”, available at: www.icrc.org/en/document/what-we-do-detainees.