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AU Must Foster and Encourage Sustainable and Constructive Relationship with Civil Society

The 50th Anniversary African Union (AU) Heads of State Summit is underway in Ethiopia. Dubbed as a celebration of “African narratives of past, present and future that will enthuse and energize the African population and use their constructive energy to accelerate a forward looking agenda of Pan-Africanism and renaissance in …» Read More

SALC IN THE NEWS: LEGABIBO CHALLENGES REFUSAL TO REGISTER ORGANISATION

Unity Dow v Attorney General in High Court Weekend Post, 6 April 2013, Aubrey Lute   Fourteen individuals recently filed a case before the High Court, asking the court to review the decision by the Director of Civil and National Registration and the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs to …» Read More

Joint ICJ, PALU, SADC LA and SALC Statement on the Arrest and Continued Detention of Beatrice Mtetwa

ILLEGAL ARREST AND DETENTION OF BEATRICE MTETWA IS ALARMING, SAYS JOINT STATEMENT BY AFRICAN LEGAL BODIES   Johannesburg, March 18th – The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU), SADC Lawyers Association (SADC LA) and Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) express their deepest concern at the …» Read More

A Helping Hand: Southern Africa and Extraordinary Renditions

A recent report by the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) reveals that more than a quarter of the world’s states provided support to the United States’ secret detention and rendition programmes, adopted in the wake of the 11 September 2001 tragedies and justified (when justification was given) as necessary response to the …» Read More

Call for public participation and human rights discourse on Botswana Public Health Bill

On 22 February 2013, the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS; the AIDS and Rights Alliance of Southern Africa; the Southern Africa Litigation Centre and the HIV and AIDS Programme of the Open Society Institute of Southern Africa submitted a letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana, …» Read More