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Where to for Eswatini as the monarchy continues to stifle dissent? ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

Where to for Eswatini as the monarchy continues to stifle dissent?

The past week saw three developments that epitomise the continued socio-political crisis in Eswatini, a crisis that remains largely ignored outside of the country’s borders. A study released on 25…
Melusi Simelane
4 February 2022
Ending impunity for police officers who commit sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Malawi ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Police AbuseCriminal Justice Police Abuse ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawi

Ending impunity for police officers who commit sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Malawi

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV),  inflicts harm on women and girls and is a severe violation of bodily integrity and autonomy, especially when perpetrated by persons in positions of authority,…
Luntha Chimbwete
30 November 2021
South Africa: A safe haven for perpetrators of international crimes? ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

South Africa: A safe haven for perpetrators of international crimes?

Mail&Guardian 12 November 2021 Atilla Kisla The Office of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) visited Pretoria on 8 and 9 November to meet representatives of…
Atilla Kisla
15 November 2021
Tragic lack of urgency in dealing with child marriages ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesZimbabwe

Tragic lack of urgency in dealing with child marriages

On 15 August 2021, Tambudzai Gonese-Manjonjo wrote an article for the Standard (Zimbabwe) tackling the lack of urgency in dealing with child marriages. Read the article here .
Tambudzai Gonese
21 September 2021
Refusing bail of MPs reeks of politics not justice ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

Refusing bail of MPs reeks of politics not justice

On 25 July 2021, Members of Parliament Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube were arrested and charged with the contravention of section 5(1) read with section 2(a)-(d) of the Suppression…
Thabo Buthelezi
20 August 2021
Malawi High Court declared detention of children in police custody unlawful ArticlesCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesMalawi

Malawi High Court declared detention of children in police custody unlawful

Blantyre, 30 July 2021 – The Malawi High Court today delivered a judgment declaring the lower Court’s detention of children in police custody unlawful. The presiding Judge, Justice Chirwa, stated…
Staff Writer
30 July 2021

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