SAIIA 6 November 2014 By Nicole Fritz Governance and APRM Programme South Africa’s constitutional democracy reserves a specific role for the judiciary in upholding human rights. This responsibility inevitably has…
Aljazeera Supreme court upholds judgment from 2012 that health workers coerced three HIV positive mothers to consent to prodedure. Namibia’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that health workers sterilised…
IOL 25 November 2014 Gaborone – Advocacy group, Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana (Legabibo), will re-apply to register as an organisation, it said on Tuesday. Legabibo will make a…
BBC 14 November 2014 A gay and lesbian group in Botswana has won a landmark legal case in the country’s High Court, allowing it to be officially registered. The judge…
Gaborone – Today, the Gaborone High Court delivered judgment in a case concerning the Department of Labour and Home Affairs’ refusal to register the organisation Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana…
All Africa On 30 October 2014, the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down its judgment in a landmark case for international criminal justice. The appeal related to the responsibilities…
All Africa 7 November 2014 South Africa’s highest court has ordered the police to investigate allegations of torture by Zimbabwe police carried out in Zimbabwe on Zimbabwean nationals. How can…
IOL 9 November 204 Universal jurisdiction is something to be excited about, but only when it is effective, writes Lwando Xaso. On October 30, the Constitutional Court handed down a…
The Herald THE landmark ruling by the Supreme Court in the rape-pregnancy case of Mildred Mapingure marked an important legal turning point for women’s sexual and reproductive rights in Zimbabwe,…
On Friday 31 October 2014, Mario Masuku and Maxwell Dlamini arrived at the Mbabane High Court for their bail application to be heard. The pair had been arrested in May…