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Litigation Centre comes of age 28 November to 4 December 2014

The Mail & Guardian Nicole Fritz and Priti Patel’s young institution has recently scored major victories in protecting the rights of people in Southern Africa Nicole Fritz and Priti Patel,…
Staff Writer
9 December 2014
The courts: Lights that guide our foreign affairs? ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

The courts: Lights that guide our foreign affairs?

SAIIA 6 November 2014 By Nicole Fritz Governance and APRM Programme South Africa’s constitutional democracy reserves a specific role for the judiciary in upholding human rights. This responsibility inevitably has…
Staff Writer
7 December 2014
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African Union gives immunity to heads of State by Subterfuge

Business Day Live By Nicole Fritz JUST an ordinary piece of business — an announcement at the end of the African Union’s (AU’s) recent summit of heads of state and…
Staff Writer
15 July 2014
South Africa causes blushes in handling of policy on Syria ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

South Africa causes blushes in handling of policy on Syria

Nicole Fritz The Business Day PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma, addressing a Commonwealth parliamentary conference earlier this month, called on delegates not to remain silent “when one country is being bombed to…
Staff Writer
16 September 2013
Court challenge against decision to grant asylum to Rwandan war crimes suspect ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

Court challenge against decision to grant asylum to Rwandan war crimes suspect

Universal Jurisdiction News Judicial review proceedings are ongoing against a decision by the South African Department of Home Affairs to grant asylum to former Rwandan army general and suspected war criminal,…
Staff Writer
18 June 2013
AU, ICC leaders must find consensus on Kenya warrants ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

AU, ICC leaders must find consensus on Kenya warrants

Business Day SPARE a thought for African Union (AU) chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. Each has been tasked with providing leadership to prominent, if…
Staff Writer
11 June 2013