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Africa and the International Criminal Court – Civil Society’s contribution to the fight against impunity International JusticeInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice War CrimesSouth AfricaZambia

Africa and the International Criminal Court – Civil Society’s contribution to the fight against impunity

  SALC is an active member of the African Network of International Criminal Justice, an informal network of African civil society organizations and international organizations with a presence in Africa…
Staff Writer
7 March 2011
Security council referral confirms ICC as a critical International Institution ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

Security council referral confirms ICC as a critical International Institution

The Mail&Guardian By Nicole Fritz If Libya is the epicentre of the earthquake, seismic waves washed up last Saturday night at the United Nations’s (UN) headquarters along Manhattan’s East River…
Staff Writer
2 March 2011
Malawi: Right to bail for terminally ill remandees Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Completed CasesCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesMalawi

Malawi: Right to bail for terminally ill remandees

SALC is challenging the fact that terminally ill remandees have no opportunity to provide evidence to an independent arbiter on the state of their health. This presents a serious challenge…
Staff Writer
21 November 2010
SADC tribunal in limbo ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsNamibiaSADCSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsZimbabwe

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
SADC review ‘denies citizens redress’ ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsSADCSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsZimbabwe

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
Southern Africa: More sterilisations of HIV-positive women uncovered ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenNamibiaSADCSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Southern Africa: More sterilisations of HIV-positive women uncovered

Plus News JOHANNESBURG, 30 August 2010 (PlusNews) – Veronica* did not realize she had been sterilized while giving birth to her daughter until four years later when, after failing to…
Staff Writer
30 October 2010
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Will SA use its second UN term better? ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

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