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Welcome to the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC)
SALC promotes and advances human rights and the rule of law in Southern Africa, primarily through strategic litigation and capacity-strengthening support to lawyers and grassroots organisations.
SALC works in the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In addition, SALC supports litigation in South African courts that advances human rights in the southern African region.
SALC’s work is streamlined into five thematic clusters:
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Press release: SALC challenges arms trades from SA to US in court
SALC OPENS CASE CHALLENGING ARMS TRADES FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CITING THE UNITED STATES AS A THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY Johannesburg, 3 June…
The emperor has no clothes: how rhetoric fuels repression in Eswatini
Washington Blade (10 April 2026) In an absolute monarchy, the words spoken by the sovereign can swiftly become a baton…
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