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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
Steps forward in fighting cervical cancer ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesSADCZimbabwe

Steps forward in fighting cervical cancer

The fight against cervical cancer in Africa received a welcome boost when Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, the two pharmaceutical companies that make vaccines protecting individuals from specific cancer-causing strains of the human…
Priti Patel
5 June 2013
Homosexual case referred to High Court ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Homosexual case referred to High Court

Zambian Watchdog The Lusaka Magistrate’s Court ruled today that the criminal case against HIV activist Paul Kasonkomona should be transferred to the High Court for a hearing on the constitutional…
Staff Writer
22 May 2013
Lesotho denies women right to be Chiefs ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights ResourcesEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesLesothoSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsSocio-economic Rights Resources

Lesotho denies women right to be Chiefs

Business Day Business Day, Ernest Mabuza, May 17 2013–The Johannesburg-based Southern Africa Litigation Centre branded Thursday a dark day for women in Lesotho after the mountain kingdom’s Constitutional Court upheld…
Staff Writer
17 May 2013
An exciting week in court for SALC: Freedom of expression, the right to equality, refugee law and international criminal law ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesLesothoSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSouth AfricaZambia

An exciting week in court for SALC: Freedom of expression, the right to equality, refugee law and international criminal law

SALC will be in the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the South Gauteng High Court, the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court and the Lesotho High Court this week for cases that deal…
Caroline James
15 May 2013
Africa: Civil society’s role in international criminal law ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice Arms TradeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSADCSouth Africa

Africa: Civil society’s role in international criminal law

ANALYSIS AllAfrica.com 8 May 2013, There are few more controversial topics in Africa at the moment than the continent’s relationship with the International Criminal Court – as exemplified by the…
Staff Writer
15 May 2013
LEGABIBO appeals to High Court ArticlesBotswanaCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights News

LEGABIBO appeals to High Court

Daily News Fourteen applicants comprising homosexuals and those into dual sex relationships who want a group to be registered in terms of the Societies Act have filed a case against…
Staff Writer
11 April 2013
When democracy fails: Gays are Zambians too! ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

When democracy fails: Gays are Zambians too!

The Lusaka Times The arrest of human rights activist Paul Kasonkomona deserves condemnation by all Zambians of good will. If speaking in favor of gay rights is a crime, then…
Staff Writer
10 April 2013

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