News Release: LESOTHO COURT FAILS WOMEN BY DENYING THEM THE RIGHT TO SUCCEED TO CHIEFTAINSHIP

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21 May, 2013

Niren Tolsi 17 May 2013, Mail&Guardian Radovan Krejcir’s controversial case has called into question the blanket ban on revealing asylum seekers’ details. The Constitutional Court must grapple with how to balance several fundamental rights, following the application by three media houses to have it review whether there should be blanket …» Read More

Cases

Lesotho: Women’s right to chieftainship

15 May, 2013

On 16 May 2013, the Lesotho High Court, sitting as the Constitutional Court, upheld section 10 of the Chieftainship Act of 1968 which denies all daughters the right to succeed to chieftainship. The case brought by Senate Masupha, the first-born child of a chief. She argued that denying her the …» Read More

16 May, 2013

Civil society groups from more than 30 African countries called on African Union (AU) member countries to ensure that the AU promotes justice for grave international crimes, in a letter to the foreign ministers of African Union member states which was made public by the groups today. The letter was …» Read More

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