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Malawi drops AU Summit over Sudanese leader

CNN (CNN) — Malawi said it won’t host an African Union summit next month because the organization wants Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese leader accused of war crimes in Darfur, to attend.…

Staff Writer12 June 2012

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SALC IN THE NEWS: ANC SNUBS MUGABE OVER TORTURE

President Robert Mugabe’s call to the African National Congress (ANC) to ignore the recent ruling by the Pretoria High Court that South Africa must investigate Zimbabwean officials over allegations of…

Staff Writer9 June 2012

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News Release: Investigations must go ahead – SA high court dismisses appeal application in Zim torture case

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…

Staff Writer7 June 2012

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AU initiative courts controversy

The Post Alan Wallis It would appear that international criminal justice is on the up. The International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered its first guilty verdict in the trial of Congolese…

Staff Writer7 June 2012

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NEWS RELEASE: HIGH COURT DISMISSES APPEAL APPLICATION IN ZIMBABWE TORTURE CASE

Johannesburg – The North Gauteng High Court today dismissed an application for leave to appeal against last month’s ruling that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and South African Police Services (SAPS)…

Staff Writer7 June 2012

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UN High Commissioner for human rights’ visit to Zimbabwe highlights the indivisibility of human rights

On Friday 25 May 2012, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, issued a statement at a press conference in Harare reflecting on her 5 day mission to Zimbabwe. This was…

Staff Writer28 May 2012

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ICC ‘Not targeting African leaders’

News 24 Cape Town – The incoming chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has dismissed criticism that the court is biased against African states. Fatou Bensouda, a former Gambian…

Staff Writer24 May 2012

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When will we recognize that hate speech against the LGBT community is not OK?

Increasingly, leaders in Africa are able to propagate hate speech against LGBT persons with shameless impunity. On 10 May 2012, for example, at a community gathering, the Zimbabwean Minister of Local…

Staff Writer17 May 2012

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Botswana High Court hears customary inheritance law case: Update from the courtroom

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…

Staff Writer15 May 2012

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South African court ruling blow to Mugabe

Times Live HEADSTRONG: Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa says the court ruling in South Africa is irrelevant. Zanu-PF was dealt a blow this week when a high court…

Staff Writer13 May 2012