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International Justice Resources International Justice Torture South Africa Zimbabwe

ConCourt-SA police obliged to probe Zim torture

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the SAPS are obliged to investigate claims of torture committed in Zimbabwe. The Constitutional Court in a landmark case ruled unanimously that the South…

Staff Writer30 October 2014

International Justice International Justice Torture Zimbabwe

NEWS RELEASE: ZIMBABWE TORTURE CASE-VICTORY IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Johannesburg – In a ground-breaking judgment, the South African Constitutional Court has unanimously ruled that the South African Police Service (SAPS) must investigate crimes against humanity perpetrated in Zimbabwe in 2007.…

Staff Writer30 October 2014

Civic Rights Expression Civic Rights Resources Eswatini

Denmark questions Mwwati on human rights

27 October 2014 Denmark has raised the questions of political freedom, human rights, and the trial of political activists Mario Masuku and Maxwell Dlamini with Swaziland’s government and absolute monarch…

Staff Writer28 October 2014

Equality Rights Women

MEDIA ADVISORY: CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR AN END TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP AND INHERITANCE

In a statement issued to mark the United Nations International Day of Rural Women on 15 October, a number of civil society organisations have called on African governments to end…

Staff Writer14 October 2014

Equality Rights Women

JOINT STATEMENT: CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR AN END TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP

On this International Day of Rural Women, 15 October, we, the undersigned organisations, call on African governments to end discrimination against rural women in Africa, especially in their access to…

Staff Writer14 October 2014

International Justice Resources International Justice War Crimes

Confidentiality under the Refugees Act – A shield for suspected perpetrators of grave crimes

After waiting for more than a year, judgment in the case of Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CORMSA) v The President of the Republic of South Africa…

Staff Writer3 October 2014

Criminal Justice Criminal Law Reform International Justice

NEWS RELEASE: SETBACK FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AS COURT RULES THAT SUSPECTED WAR CRIMINAL ENTITLED TO REFUGEE STATUS

Pretoria: On Friday, 26 September 2014, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria ruled that Rwandan General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa is entitled to refugee status in South Africa, despite a…

Staff Writer29 September 2014

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Senate Masupha pursues women’s right to chieftainship : Senate Masupha and Others v Kingdom of Lesotho

On 9 September 2014, Senate Masupha, the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Lesotho) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) submitted a complaint to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’…

Staff Writer29 September 2014

Criminal Justice Criminal Law Reform

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS CONDEMN SECURITY SWEEP

Civil society organisations (CSOs) and a constitutional law expert have condemned the joint security operation conducted last weekend, saying it is a violation of people’s rights. Malawi Police Service (MPS)…

Staff Writer18 September 2014

Criminal Justice Criminal Law Reform

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS CONDEMN RECENT POLICE USE OF SWEEPING EXERCISES: JOINT STATEMENT

The undersigned organisations condemn the sweeping exercises which were conducted by the Malawi Police Service, the Malawi Defence Force and the Immigration Department on 12 and 13 September 2014. The…

Staff Writer18 September 2014

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