AfricanLII 7 March 2025 By Anneke Meerkotter Apart from the budgeting process being opaque to most citizens, the political priorities in the national budget can quickly negate the needs of…
Anneke Meerkotter7 March 2025
Civil Society Organisations wrote a letter to the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers on the killing of Judge Raphael Yanyi Ovungu. Here is the English version…
Staff Writer3 July 2020
SALC is concerned by the targeting and killing of Judge Raphael Yanyi Ovungu, a member of the judiciary in the DRC. We are further concerned that the police initially wrongfully…
Staff Writer17 June 2020
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is deeply concerned for ongoing peace and stability in the DRC following massive election fraud and a questionable decision from the Constitutional Court. Despite…
Staff Writer28 January 2019
Mail & Guardian Thomas Lubanga, who became the first war criminal to be sentenced by the International Criminal Court, started off as a trader in Congo. Thomas Lubanga, who…
Staff Writer10 July 2014
BBC News The rights groups want Lt-Gen Nyamwasa to face trial in France or Spain. Two human rights groups have asked a South African court to revoke the refugee…
Staff Writer30 October 2012
IOL By Nicole Fritz Jason Russell’s infamy has been quickly followed by ignominy: the most recent videos gone viral online to feature him don’t provide an update of Kony2012 but…
Staff Writer27 March 2012
The Business Day By Nicole Fritz NO ONE can rejoice at what is happening in Libya. The use of force by states acting under United Nations Security Council resolution —…
Staff Writer23 March 2011
The Business Day UNTIL the last 15 years of the 20th century, international criminal justice did not exist. Since the establishment by the United Nations (UN) of the International Criminal…
Staff Writer21 September 2010