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International Justice

CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION IN SOUTH AFRICA

27 November 2014 marks the fourteenth anniversary of South Africa’s ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, thus the timing of the Constitutional Court’s progressive judgment in…

Staff Writer27 November 2013

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Zim torture investigation must go ahead, says SA court

Mail & Guardian South Africa’s top appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the country’s authorities have a duty to investigate allegations of torture in neighbouring Zimbabwe. Judge Mohammed Navsa of…

Staff Writer27 November 2013

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South African court orders probe into Zimbabwe

SABC News South Africa’s top appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the country’s authorities have a duty to investigate allegations of torture in neighbouring Zimbabwe. Judge Mohammed Navsa of the…

Staff Writer27 November 2013

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NEWS RELEASE: SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL ORDERS SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE TO INVESTIGATE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COMMITTED IN ZIMBABWE

Johannesburg, 27 November – In a landmark decision for local and international justice, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal today ordered the South African Police Service (SAPS) to investigate high…

Staff Writer27 November 2013

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Appeals court to rule in Zim torture case

IOL News Johannesburg – The Supreme Court of Appeal is expected to rule on Wednesday on South Africa’s obligation under international law to probe alleged atrocities by officials in Zimbabwe.…

Staff Writer26 November 2013

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Zim elections – SALC condemns arrest of top lawyer

Mail & Guardian The Southern Africa Litigation Centre has criticised the arrest of MDC parliamentary candidate Arnold Tsunga and 50 supporters. “The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) condemns the arrest…

Staff Writer23 November 2013

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News Release: Time to Overhaul Swaziland’s Oppressive Suppression of Terrorism Act, Say Local and International Organizations

Johannesburg, 12 November – In a letter to Swaziland’s Prime Minister, 25 organisations called on the government to amend the reviled and unconstitutional Suppression of Terrorism Act (STA), which has been…

Staff Writer19 November 2013

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25 LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS URGE THE GOVERNMENT OF SWAZILAND TO AMEND THE SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM ACT

Twenty five local, regional, and international organisation today wrote to the Prime Minister of Swaziland, Dr Barnabus Sibusiso Dlamini, urging him and his government to amend the controversial Suppression of…

Staff Writer19 November 2013

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ICC: Africa should reject ‘free pass’ for leaders

Human Rights Watch (Johannesburg, November 18, 2013) – African governments should reject special exemptions for sitting officials before the International Criminal Court (ICC), African organizations and international organizations with a…

Staff Writer18 November 2013

Civic Rights South Africa

CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT ON THE COMPLAINT AGAINST THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF SOUTH AFRICA

The undersigned organisations oppose the recent complaint against the Chief Justice and regard it as ill considered. The complaint does damage to the much-needed project of transformation in the legal…

Staff Writer16 November 2013