crimes against humanity

Zimbabwe: Challenging the NPA’s Refusal to Act in Terms of the Rome Statute Act

27 October, 2012

In 2008, SALC submitted a dossier to the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) containing comprehensive evidence of the involvement of 18 Zimbabwean security officials in perpetrating torture, and requested the NPA and the South African Police Service (SAPS) to initiate an investigation. The NPA has an obligation to investigate cases …» Read More

Investigations Must go Ahead – SA High Court Dismisses Appeal Application in Zim Torture Case

7 June, 2012

Today the North Gauteng High Court dismissed an application for leave to appeal against the judgment delivered in Southern African Litigation Centre and Another v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) South African police (SAPS). You’ll remember that last month the High Court ruled …» Read More

SALC AND ZEF SECURE VICTORY IN ZIMBABWE TORTURE CASE

8 May, 2012

SALC and the Zimbabwe Exiles Forum are thrilled to announce that the North Gauteng High Court ruled in SALC’s favour in the Zimbabwe Torture Case. Judge Hans Fabrius ruled that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the South African Police Service (SAPS) failed to take South Africa’s international criminal law obligations …» Read More

Analysis of SALC’s Zimbabwe Torture Case – Universal Jurisdiction in Action

24 April, 2012

At the end of March the North Gauteng High Court reserved judgment in SALC’s landmark torture case in which SALC and the Zimbabwe Exiles Forum asked the High Court to set aside a decision of South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority and police service not to investigate and prosecute high level Zimbabwean …» Read More

SALC asks Court to Decide on South Africa’s Duty to Investigate and Prosecute Crimes Against Humanity Committed in Zimbabwe

13 February, 2012

On 26 March 2012 SALC and the Zimbabwean Exiles Forum (ZEF) will go to court to argue that South Africa, through the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the South African Police Services (SAPS), is required in terms of both international and South African law, to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of …» Read More