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SALC Annual Report 2010

15th December 2011
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Civil Society Call on African ICC States Parties - 10th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) of the ICC

29th November 2011
November 28, 2011 Foreign Ministers African States Parties to the International Criminal Court&....
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Kenya: Kenya Court Issues Warrant For Arrest of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir

28th November 2011
A Kenyan judge issued a warrant on Monday for Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by an international court for genocide, after the government failed to arrest him during a visit last year.he high court ruling means Bashir's arrest "should be effected by the Attorney General and the Minister for Internal Security should he ever set foot in Kenya," Judge Nicolas Ombija said.
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Libya: Hague Court Says Talks on Gaddafi Son Surrender

28th October 2011
THE HAGUE, Oct 28 (Reuters) - International war crimes prosecutors are in touch with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, urging him to give himself up and warning him on Friday he risks a mid-air interception if he tries to flee by plane to an African safe haven.
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SALC in the News: Why Countries Ignore ICC

22nd October 2011
Malawi is unlikely to be the last country to snub warrants of arrest from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the body is tangled in conflicting laws.
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Liberia: Taylor’s Trial Enters Final Phase

9th March 2011
THE HAGUE — The war crimes trial of Charles Taylor is expected to close after more than three years on Friday, after judges set a date for his closing statement and final, rebuttal arguments.
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Sudan: Bashir Takes Responsibility

21st April 2011
London - Sudan's president on Wednesday accepted responsibility for the Darfur conflict but accused the International Criminal Court of conducting a "campaign of lies", the Guardian reported.
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Libya: International Court to Seek Libya Arrest Warrants

13th May 2011
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An international prosecutor said Friday he will seek arrest warrants next week for three top Libyan leaders on charges of murder and persecution during their attempts to crush the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi's regime.
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SALC Research: Additional Cases Heard by Judge Mogoeng Raising Concern Regarding His Approach to Gender-Based Violence

1st September 2011
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Malawi: Bashir Due at Malawi Summit, Despite War Crimes Warrant

13th October 2011
BLANTYRE — Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir plans to attend a regional summit this week in Malawi, the trade minister said Wednesday, in defiance of the international war crimes warrant against him.
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Libya: Africa must support Libya intervention

1st April 2011
The bombing of Libya by American, British and French warplanes in implementation of a United Nations-sanctioned "no-fly zone" has caused a storm of controversy across Africa.
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Sudan: Sudan's Bashir Attends Djibouti President's Inauguration

8th May 2011
Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh has been sworn in for a third term, in a ceremony attended by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes.
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Press Release: Swazi Authorities Beg for Funds With One Hand, While Wrecking the Rule of Law With the Other, Say African Legal Bodies

7th July 2011
Regional and continental legal bodies have condemned the suspension of Swazi High Court Justice, Thomas Masuku, and demanded his immediate reinstatement – as well as urging South Africa to carefully reconsider any financial support for the country in light of this latest assault on the judiciary and the rule of law in Swaziland.
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SALC in the News: A Diplomatic Dilemma

2nd August 2011
Relations between South Africa and Rwanda seem to be thawing after the nations President Paul Kagame accused South Africa of unwillingness to help in the arrest of terror suspect General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa.
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Libya: Gaddafi Killed as Libya's Revolt Takes Hometown

20th October 2011
Muammar Gaddafi is dead, Libya's new leaders said, killed by fighters who overran his home town and final bastion on Thursday. His bloodied body was stripped and displayed around the world from cellphone video.
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Kenya: ICC Accused of Targeting Africans

21st April 2011
Washington - The International Criminal Court (ICC) employs a "double-standard" by "exclusively" targeting African leaders, a top African Union official charged on Wednesday. "We've been complaining... about the double-standard," AU commission president Jean Ping said, referring to the court in The Hague, which prosecutes individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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SALC Statement - RE: Neutral Country May Take Rwandan General

20th July 2011
STATEMENT BY THE SOUTHERN AFRICA LITIGATION CENTRE IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS THAT THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOV....
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The Gambia: African Heads of State Urged to Promote Human Rights

26th October 2011
African heads of State have been urged to promote and protect human rights in their respective countries. This call was made by human rights activists Monday at the 50th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human & People Rights (ACHPR) at Sheraton Hotel.
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Libya: A Gaddafi Arrest Warrant Raises the Stakes in Libya

27th June 2011
Muammar Gaddafi faces a potential war crimes trial at The Hague after the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday issued arrest warrants for the Libyan leader, along with his son Saif al-Islam and his military intelligence chief General Abdullah al-Sanoussi. The warrants allege that all three men were involved in ordering security forces to open fire on unarmed protesters last February, turning a peaceful protest movement into a four-month civil war.
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SALC in the News: Rwanda Ex-Army Chief Nyamwasa in SA Expulsion Threat

14th June 2011
South African human rights groups have launched legal action to force the government to revoke the refugee status of a former Rwandan army chief.
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Uganda: Ugandan gay activist beaten to death after threats

27th January 2011
KAMPALA (Reuters) - A Ugandan gay rights activist who was late last year featured with other gays in a newspaper article headlined "Hang Them" has been beaten to death in his Kampala home, rights groups said on Thursday.
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Libya: Gaddafi Ordered Mass Rapes, says ICC

9th June 2011
Investigators have evidence that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ordered mass rapes and bought containers of "Viagra-type" drugs to encourage troops to attack women, the chief ICC prosecutor said on Wednesday.
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Libya: Libya profits from prime local assets

4th March 2011
SEAN CHRISTIE & LIONEL FAULL
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Libya: African Rights Court’s Ruling Against Libya is a First

4th April 2011
The Libyan government should immediately comply with the first binding ruling against a state by the newly operational African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Egyptian Initiative on Personal Rights (EIPR), Human Rights Watch, and Interights have said in a joint statement.
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Africa Union: Why it is Hard to Trust the African Union

20th April 2011
AFRICA undoubtedly has its own peculiarities, but what are our credible alternatives and justifications for an Africanisation of democratic values?
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Libya: International justice Quick Libyan referral gives hope for ICC’s work in Africa

3rd March 2011
Max Du Plessis and Christopher Gevers The Business DayON SATURDAY evening, the United Nations (UN) S....
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Libya: Human Rights Court Provides Some Light in African Tunnel

15th April 2011
AMIDST a stagnant political and institutional response to the Libyan crisis from Africa, it’s great to see some good news emerge in the form of the unanimous order for provisional measures by the new African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in respect of Libya.
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Libya: Libya crisis a lost opportunity for ineffectual African Union

28th March 2011
AFTER a week of military action in Libya by the US and allies to enforce United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1973 — which provided for a "no-fly zone" and authorised UN members to take "all necessary measures" to protect civilians — African states are starting to find their voice.
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Press Release: Rwandan General and Suspected War Criminal Should be Stripped of SA Refugee Status

14th June 2011
Human rights groups have launched legal action seeking the cancellation of former Rwandan general and suspected war criminal Faustin Kayumbe Nyamwasa’s refugee status in South Africa – arguing that the decision violates South African and international law and increases the likelihood of South Africa being used as a safe haven by perpetrators of mass crimes
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Libya: Gadhafi faces investigation for crimes against humanity

3rd March 2011
Moammar Gadhafi and some of his sons and closest advisers face investigation for alleged crimes against humanity, International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced Thursday.
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