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Articles and Opinions International Criminal Justice SADC South Africa

South Africa: A safe haven for perpetrators of international crimes?

Mail & Guardian 12 November 2021 Atilla Kisla The Office of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) visited Pretoria on 8 and 9 November to meet representatives of the South African departments of home affairs, police, justice and international relations. The IRMCT was mandated by the…

Staff Writer15 Nov 2021

Articles and Opinions Blog Children's Rights Malawi Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights

Malawi’s obligation to enact the Termination of Pregnancy Bill

In February 2021, Malawi was due to debate the Termination of Pregnancy Bill in Parliament. The Bill had finally been tabled after years of advocacy and various forms of resistance. There had been much debate over the Bill and what it represents, characterised by rabid resistance from some mainly religious…

Tambudzai Gonese27 Sep 2021

Articles and Opinions Children's Rights Zimbabwe

Tragic lack of urgency in dealing with child marriages

On 15 August 2021, Tambudzai Gonese-Manjonjo wrote an article for the Standard (Zimbabwe) tackling the lack of urgency in dealing with child marriages. Read the article here .

Staff Writer21 Sep 2021

Articles and Opinions Blog Disability Rights Zambia

Zambia: A missed opportunity for inclusion- the case of Musukwa and others v RTSA

By Dr. Frank Musukwa and Tambudzai Gonese-Manjonjo The recent judgment of the Lusaka High Court in Zambia in the case of Musukwa and others v RTSA is a disappointing indication of how far there is to go for States in Africa to realise the rights of persons with disabilities. This…

Staff Writer30 Jun 2021

Articles and Opinions International Criminal Justice South Africa

Back to old habits? South African arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Mail&Guardian By Atilla Kisla Following illegal and unethical arms trades to countries with very poor human rights records under apartheid, democratic South Africa established a legal framework so that the mistakes of the past would not repeat themselves. But 26 years later, the plan to implement a system that ensures…

Staff Writer7 Jun 2021

Articles and Opinions International Criminal Justice South Africa

The recently renewed NPA should show its teeth

Mail & Guardian 29 Jan 2021 By Atilla Kisla Wouter Basson is most notorious in South Africa and across the world for his leadership role in the chemical and biological warfare programme of the apartheid system, a programme that included Project Coast, where research into so-called “infertility vaccines” for black…

Staff Writer29 Jan 2021

Articles and Opinions Criminal Justice Focus areas Focus countries SADC

African Court challenges States to rethink the basis of their criminal laws

Published on Africa.com on 22 January 2021 On 4 December 2020, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued an Advisory Opinion which challenges the very notions which underpin our class-based societies. The African Court stated that there is no reasonable basis for a law which distinguishes between so-called…

Anneke Meerkotter27 Jan 2021

Articles and Opinions Criminal Justice Focus areas Focus countries News SADC

La Cour africaine met les États au défi de repenser les bases de leur droit pénal

Le 4 décembre 2020, la Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples a émis un avis consultatif remettant en cause les notions mêmes qui sous-tendent nos sociétés de classes. Elle a déclaré qu’il n’y a pas de base raisonnable pour une loi établissant une distinction entre les soi-disant…

Anneke Meerkotter27 Jan 2021

Articles and Opinions International Criminal Justice South Africa

João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty

Mail and Guardian 6 November 2020 By Atilla Kisla Today, on 6 November 2020, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) hears the case of João Rodrigues v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others. João Rodrigues, a former member of the Security Branch during apartheid, is charged for the murder of Ahmed Timol on 27 October 1971. In his…

Atilla Kisla16 Nov 2020

Articles and Opinions Women’s Land and Property Rights Zambia

A new dawn for the protection of the rights of vulnerable communities with unregistered land in Zambia

Commonwealth Lawyers Association 26 June 2020 Brigadier Siachitema In a recent decision of the High Court for Zambia, a community of displaced Zambian villagers succeeded in a land dispute against commercial farmers, the local authority, and the Zambian government. The decision sets an important precedent protecting the rights of vulnerable…

Staff Writer7 Jul 2020

South Africa: A safe haven for perpetrators of international crimes?

Malawi’s obligation to enact the Termination of Pregnancy Bill

Tragic lack of urgency in dealing with child marriages

Zambia: A missed opportunity for inclusion- the case of Musukwa and others v RTSA

Back to old habits? South African arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the UAE

The recently renewed NPA should show its teeth

African Court challenges States to rethink the basis of their criminal laws

La Cour africaine met les États au défi de repenser les bases de leur droit pénal

João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty

A new dawn for the protection of the rights of vulnerable communities with unregistered land in Zambia

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