Since 2011, every year, on 30 August the world celebrates the acclaimed International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Central to the celebrations on this day States are reminded to…
Staff Writer30 August 2016
Daily Maverick The international criminal justice project can only be sustained when all the stakeholders play their part – governments, civil society organisations and international bodies, courts and tribunals. Unfortunately…
Staff Writer21 July 2016
Mr Basildon Peta, the publisher of the Lesotho Times newspaper, is due to appear in the Maseru Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 19 July 2016. On 5 July 2016, Mr Peta…
Caroline James19 July 2016
Earlier this week, an Angolan court dropped all criminal charges against Angolan rights activist Arão Bula Tempo due to lack of evidence to support the charges. Mr Tempo and another…
Staff Writer15 July 2016
The undersigned organisations condemn the increasing acts of harassment and intimidation against journalists in Lesotho, exemplified by the recent attack against the editor of the Lesotho Times newspaper and the…
Staff Writer12 July 2016
International Detention Coalition 6 July 2016 The Malawi Immigration Law Audit highlights why children who have fled their home countries should not be in held in detention. As part of…
Staff Writer7 July 2016
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is a regional non-profit organisation working to advance human rights and protect the rule of law in Southern Africa. SALC is hosting a regional training…
Staff Writer28 June 2016
23 June, 2016 Harare- On Thursday 9 June 2016, the High Court of Zimbabwe, sitting in Harare granted an order declaring that a widow was the sole beneficiary of a…
Staff Writer23 June 2016
On 27-29 June 2016, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) hosted a regional training meeting for African lawyers on “Removing legal barriers to treatment: Legal training on health and human rights”…
Staff Writer20 June 2016
Calling upon states to honour their human rights commitments for persons with albinism. In recent years we have observed serious violations and threats committed against people with albinism. These threats…
Staff Writer13 June 2016
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) , the Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA), Child Rights Advocacy & Paralegal Aid Centre (CRAPAC), the Paralegal Advisory Service Institute…
Staff Writer10 June 2016
SALC worked with Women and Law in Southern Africa –Zimbabwe (WLSA – Zimbabwe) to challenge the decision of the Master of the High Court (Master) that approved a distribution plan…
Staff Writer10 June 2016
Johannesburg–On June 3rd, 2016, The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) adopted the Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already in Marriage. The 39th Plenary Assembly…
Staff Writer9 June 2016
Malawi Nation 25 May 2016 Annabel Raw & Jessica Oluoch Persons with albinism in Malawi face violence and discrimination of the most condemnable and abhorrent kind. Human rights violations of…
Annabel Raw26 May 2016
Today SALC commemorates Africa Day. Africa Day was initiated as a celebration to mark the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963. While the OAU’s initial focus…
Staff Writer26 May 2016
The Centre for Human Rights Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) today launched an Audit of Malawi’s immigration laws making a list of 24…
Staff Writer20 May 2016
The Centre for Human Rights Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) today launched an Audit of Malawi’s immigration laws making a list of 24…
Staff Writer20 May 2016
The Con Mag 17 May 2016 By Tashwill Esterhuizen On Anti-Homophobia Day, Tashwill Esterhuizen examines the state of rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people on the African continent…
Staff Writer17 May 2016
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is a non-profit organisation that works to advance human rights and the rule of law in southern Africa. With funding though the United Nations…
Staff Writer11 May 2016
SALC worked with the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) and Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, Lesotho (CCJP) and the wives of 23 soldiers of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) to support the…
Staff Writer29 April 2016