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The ‘universality’ of rights and the draft Zambian constitution

Internationally, human rights are interpreted as being indivisible, interrelated and applicable to everyone. Unfortunately, this fundamental principle is sometimes forgotten during constitution-making processes, as in the case of rights for…

Staff Writer24 August 2012

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Tutu: SADC decision on tribunal is a blow against accountable government and individual rights

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has responded to the SADC Summit’s decision to deny SADC peoples access to the Tribunal, calling the decision “a tragedy. It is a blow against accountable government and individual…

Staff Writer22 August 2012

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How to fight HIV criminalisation in courts of law and public opinion

POZ As the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, DC, presented hopes of achieving an AIDS-free generation, some advocates focused attention on a major obstacle to this goal:…

Staff Writer22 August 2012

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Policing sex work – An approprate response?

Polity By SALC & Sexual Rights Centre, Bulawayo For the past three months police in Harare have been conducting operations to arrest women in bars and night clubs. According to…

Staff Writer17 August 2012

Equality Rights Women Namibia Resources

Victory for women in Namibia

Check out SALC’s blog post at the Open Society Foundation‘s blog on the recent judgment in the Namibian coerced sterilisation case. This entry was posted in HIV/AIDS, Namibia, Priti Patel, Uncategorized, Women's rights and tagged coerced sterilisation, HIV/AIDS, Namibia, sexual and reproductive rights.…

Staff Writer15 August 2012

Civic Rights Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe police target human rights defenders

Last Saturday, on 11 August 2012, Zimbabwe riot police officers unlawfully arrested 44 people who attended a gathering organised by Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ). The people who were arrested committed…

Staff Writer13 August 2012

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Lawyers insist Zim land ruling still binding

The Tribunal has been suspended for over a year as a result of its landmark ruling against the Robert Mugabe regime SW Radio The 2008 ruling that Zimbabwe’s land grab…

Staff Writer8 August 2012

No one should die from AIDS

6 August 2012 The Atlantic From the 19th International AIDS Conference, looking at how far we’ve come and how far we have to go before an AIDS-free generation In 1959,…

Staff Writer6 August 2012

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Women with HIV bullied into sterility

Times Live Three HIV-positive women in Namibia have been coercively sterilised in violation of their basic rights, the High Court in Windhoek found yesterday. The Southern African Litigation Centre said…

Staff Writer1 August 2012

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Namibian forced sterilisation ruling lauded

IOL Three HIV positive women in Namibia have been coercively sterilised in violation of their basic rights, the High Court in Windhoek found. Legal activists have hailed the “landmark” judgment…

Staff Writer31 July 2012

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