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83 THRHR 170 (2020)
Twenty Years an Accused: An Analysis of Two Decades of Proceedings against Doctor Wouter Basson

handle is hein.journals/tyromhldre83 and id is 180 raw text is: OPSOMMING Twintig jaar 'n aangeklaagde: 'n ontleding van twee dekades se verrigtinge teen dokter Wouter Basson Hierdie artikel is 'n analise van die strafregtelike- en dissiplinere verrigtinge teen dokter Wouter Basson wat sedert 1999 aan die gang is, en wat steeds nie afgehandel is nie. Dokter Basson se militere loopbaan sowel as sy betrokkenheid by die voormalige Suid- Afrikaanse Weermag se biologiese en chemiese wapenprogram genaamd Projek Coast, word kortliks bespreek. Die strafsake wat teen dokter Basson ingestel is word bespreek in chronologiese volgorde, so-ook die onderskeie appelle en dokter Basson se uiteindelike ontslag. Dokter Basson se dissiplinere verhoor by die Suid-Afrikaanse Gesondheids- beroepsraad, voortspruitend nit sy betrokkenheid by Projek Coast, word ontleed. Die fokus word geplaas op die voortvloeiende hersieningsaansoeke, die daaropvolgende appelle en relevante regs- en etiese beginsels. Laastens word die praktiese gevolge van die jongste uitsprake in hierdie aangeleentheid aangeraak. 1 INTRODUCTION Dr Wouter Basson likely has become one of the most notorious of medical practitioners in South Africa. That he is a controversial figure is the result of his leadership role in the biological and chemical weapons programme of the erstwhile South African Defence Force (SADF) known as Project Coast.1 At the time Basson was involved in the manufacture of biological and/or chemical weapons for the SADF and, to a limited extent, the South African Police Service and Civil Co-operation Bureau.2 Consequent on the termination of Basson's employment in the SADF he was criminally charged with numerous narcotics * The article is based on sections of the first author's LLM thesis titled Medical pro- fessionals in armed conflict: The case of Dr Wouter Basson (UP 2020). The thesis was prepared under the supervision of the second author. 1 Gould and Folb Project Coast: Apartheid's chemical and biological warfare programme (2002) 19. 2 Idem 18. 170

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