12 Dec 2018
Angola
News Release: Law Society of South Africa and others v The President of the Repu...
On 11th December, 2018, the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down judgment in the case of Law Society of South Africa and others v The President of the Republic of South Africa and others. In this case, the applicants…
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10 Dec 2018
Angola
Reflection on the Closing of Civic Spaces in Southern Africa...
From 14 to 16 November 2018, 100 human rights defenders from across Southern Africa met to discuss the closing of civic spaces in the region. The Summit noted points for activism to ensure that human rights defenders are able to…
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06 Dec 2018
Botswana
News Release: Botswana High Court sets Hearing Date on Constitutionality of Offe...
A full bench of the Botswana High Court, sitting before the Honourable Judge A.B Tafa, the Honourable Judge M. Leburu and the Honourable Judge J. Dube has ordered that the hearing challenging the constitutionality of sections 164(a), 164(c) and 167…
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30 Nov 2018
Angola
Official registration of key populations organizations opens doors for funding a...
Local community groups working with populations vulnerable to HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa are making inroads into obtaining official recognition by their governments, which is expanding opportunities for increased funding and ensuring a more substantial, and needed, role in national HIV…
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27 Nov 2018
Articles and Opinions
Calling for the total elimination of violence against women and children in Zimb...
The recent report of the killing of a young lawyer on the night of the 25th November 2018,the International day of Elimination of Violence Against Women, by her partner brings home the gravity and currency of the problem of violence…
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19 Nov 2018
Articles and Opinions
CSO STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE KINGDOM OF ESWATINI...
FOCUSSING ON CIVIL, POLITICAL and ECONOMIC RIGHTS Presented at the 63rd session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights Chair, honourable Commissioners of the AComHPR, State delegates, representatives of National Human Rights Institutions, members of Civil Society Organisations…
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