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Civil Society action against AU call for ICC withdrawal

UN/African Union: Reject ICC Withdrawal Security Council Meeting With AU (New York, September 22, 2016) – The African Union (AU), in advance of a meeting with the United Nations Security…

Staff Writer22 September 2016

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Eswatini: Activists challenge constitutionality of the Sedition and Subversive Activities Act

SALC is supporting three individuals who were charged with sedition for allegedly participating in a march that encouraged Swazis to boycott the 2013 national elections. The definition of seditious intention…

Staff Writer16 September 2016

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Judgment by Zomba High Court on the interpretation of the offence of living on the earnings of sex work

On 8 September 2016, the Zomba High Court delivered a judgment in which the Court set aside the conviction of nineteen (19) women who were found guilty of the offence…

Staff Writer9 September 2016

Criminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Criminal Justice Resources Malawi

Dismiss Gwanda’s challenge on vagabond law, state asks Malawi Constitutional Court

Nyasa Times 2 September 2016 Attorney General’s office has asked the Constitutional Court to throw out an application by Blantyre-based vendor Mayeso Gwanda who is challenging the constitutionality of the…

Staff Writer7 September 2016

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression SADC

Statement of the Coalition for an Effective SADC Tribunal on Reinstatement of the SADC Tribunal (with access for individuals), addressed to the SADC member states

On the occasion of the 36th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC Summit), we the undersigned members of the Coalition for…

Staff Writer6 September 2016

Criminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Criminal Justice News Malawi

MEDIA ADVISORY: MALAWI HIGH COURT TO HEAR CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO THE OFFENCE OF BEING A ROGUE AND VAGABOND

Blantyre-On 1 September 2016, a three-member bench of the High Court of Malawi will hear arguments on the constitutionality of section 184(1)(c) of the Penal Code. The applicant is a…

Staff Writer31 August 2016

International Justice Resources International Justice War Crimes South Africa

International justice-the good, the bad and the ugly

Daily Maverick The international criminal justice project can only be sustained when all the stakeholders play their part – governments, civil society organisations and international bodies, courts and tribunals. Unfortunately…

Staff Writer21 July 2016

Criminal Justice Lesotho

BASILDON PETA APPEARING IN COURT IN LESOTHO AMIDST SECURITY CONCERNS

Mr Basildon Peta, the publisher of the Lesotho Times newspaper, is due to appear in the Maseru Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 19 July 2016. On 5 July 2016, Mr Peta…

Caroline James19 July 2016

Angola Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression

News Release: Charges dropped against Angolan activist Arão Bula Tempo as court concludes lack of evidence

Earlier this week, an Angolan court dropped all criminal charges against Angolan rights activist Arão Bula Tempo due to lack of evidence to support the charges. Mr Tempo and another…

Staff Writer15 July 2016

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Lesotho

Joint Civil Society Statement: Lesotho Authorities must protect the Right to Freedom of Expression

The undersigned organisations condemn the increasing acts of harassment and intimidation against journalists in Lesotho, exemplified by the recent attack against the editor of the Lesotho Times newspaper and the…

Staff Writer12 July 2016

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