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Southern African leaders keep rights tribunal suspended

The Business Day A DECISION by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state summit has extended an effective suspension of the SADC Tribunal, despite the recommendations of an…
Staff Writer
24 May 2011
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SADC may be about to shoot itself in the foot

Business Day By Nicole Fritz HUMAN rights. Economic growth. Big, bold concepts too often portrayed as inevitably in tension. Yet, economic growth is facilitated by civic rights such as the…
Staff Writer
7 April 2011
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Gabon/Nigeria/South Africa: Reconsider support for deferral of ICC Kenya investigation

Civil Society Letter to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of African ICC States Parties on the UN Security Council March 2, 2011 Sent March 1, 2011 Your Excellencies, We, the…
Staff Writer
3 March 2011
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SADC tribunal in limbo

The Namibian SADC heads of state have been accused of acting unconstitutionally by effectively suspending the work of the SADC Tribunal. The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) in Johannesburg says…
Staff Writer
11 November 2010
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SADC review ‘denies citizens redress’

A RECENT decision by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit means an “effective suspension” of the Sadc tribunal, which will deny Sadc citizens redress, nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) said last…
Staff Writer
8 November 2010
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Will SA use its second UN term better?

Business Day By Nicole Fritz AS EXPECTED, SA has again won a seat on the United Nations Security Council. With a security council almost unprecedented in its heavyweight make-up, the…
Staff Writer
13 October 2010