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UN working group on arbitrary detention calls for release of human rights activist José Marcos Mavungo

All Africa WASHINGTON, Jan. 06, 2016 —The American Bar Association Center for Human Rights, Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT France), Front Line Defenders, the Southern African…

Staff Writer6 January 2016

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UPR Pre-Session on Namibia

In December 2015, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) was invited to participate in the pre-session of the second cycle of Namibia’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). At the pre-session, SALC…

Staff Writer6 January 2016

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SALC PARTICIPATES IN UPR PRE-SESSION ON NAMIBIA

Staff Writer6 January 2016

Civic Rights Lesotho

Court Diary: Lesotho Soldier Challenges the SADC Commission of Inquiry

Annabel Raw On 2 and 3 December 2015, SALC attended a hearing in the Maseru High Court in Hashatsi v the Prime Minister and Others. The case relates to a Commission…

Staff Writer9 December 2015

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HASHATSI COURT DIARY: LESOTHO SOLDIER CHALLENGES THE SADC COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

On 2 and 3 December 2015, SALC attended a hearing in the Maseru High Court in Hashatsi v the Prime Minister and Others. The case relates to a Commission of…

Staff Writer9 December 2015

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HASHATSI COURT DIARY: LESOTHO SOLDIER CHALLENGES THE SADC COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

On 2 and 3 December 2015, SALC attended a hearing in the Maseru High Court in Hashatsi v the Prime Minister and Others. The case relates to a Commission of Inquiry…

Staff Writer9 December 2015

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Another human rights fail

IOL 04 December 2015 Last week, the South African government dealt yet another devastating blow to its human rights record, as it voted against a UN Third Committee resolution on…

Staff Writer4 December 2015

Equality Rights Submissions

Submission to the Ad Hoc Committee Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals

Submission to the ad hoc committee on probing violence against foreign nationals In August 2015, SALC made written submissions to the South African Ad Hoc Committee on Probing Violence against…

Staff Writer2 December 2015

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South Africa choosing to vote against the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) regrets that South Africa has chosen to vote against the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. The resolution, spearheaded by the Norway and…

Staff Writer27 November 2015

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We join the bullies

South Africa has voted against the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights defenders South Africa – along with 13 other countries including North Korea, Sudan, Syria, China,…

Staff Writer27 November 2015