discrimination

SALC Litigation Manual: Litigating Cases of HIV Related Discrimination

27 October, 2012

The manual provides concrete legal arguments for use in HIV-related discrimination litigation before domestic courts. Click on the heading to download this manual. Partners can contact SALC for a hard copy of the manual.

No One Should Die From AIDS

6 August, 2012

No One Should Die From AIDS  John-Manuel Andriote From the 19th International AIDS Conference, looking at how far we’ve come and how far we have to go before an AIDS-free generation In 1959, the year Dinah Washington won a Grammy for “What a Diff’rence a Day Makes,” scientists isolated a …» Read More

SALC in the News: How to Fight HIV Criminalization in Courts of Law and Public Opinion

2 August, 2012

How to Fight HIV Criminalization in Courts of Law and Public Opinion by Laura Whitehorn As the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, DC, presented hopes of achieving an AIDS-free generation, some advocates focused attention on a major obstacle to this goal: the criminalization of people living with …» Read More

Botswana High Court Hears Customary Inheritance Law Case: Update from the courtroom

15 May, 2012

Yesterday, the Botswana High Court heard arguments in Mmusi and Others v Ramantele and Another, a case challenging the Ngwaketse customary law rule which provides for male-only inheritance of the family home. You can read the case summary here. The case, before Judge Oagile Dingake, began after Judge Dingake heard over …» Read More

Lesotho Constitutional Court to Hear Landmark Chieftainship Case Tomorrow

21 February, 2012

Tomorrow, the Lesotho Constitutional Court will, for the first time, consider the constitutionality of section 10 of the Chieftainship Act, which arguably denies women the right to succeed to chieftainship solely on the basis of their gender. The case was brought by Senate Masupha, the first-born child of a chief. …» Read More