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Botswana Court to hear appeal to decision allowing women to inherit under customary law BotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights News

Botswana Court to hear appeal to decision allowing women to inherit under customary law

Gaborone – On Friday 19 July, the Court of Appeal in Gaborone, Botswana will hear arguments in Ramantele v Mmusi and Others, an appeal from a High Court decision striking down…
Staff Writer
18 July 2013
SALC calls on Zimbabwe to respect political rights following arrest of human rights lawyer and parliamentary candidate Arnold Tsunga Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights NewsZimbabwe

SALC calls on Zimbabwe to respect political rights following arrest of human rights lawyer and parliamentary candidate Arnold Tsunga

Johannesburg: The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) condemns the arrest of MDC parliamentary candidate Arnold Tsunga and 50 supporters on 20 July 2013, and the banning of a political rally in…
Staff Writer
15 July 2013
SALC Writes To Zambian President SATA Expressing Concern at the Targeting of Independent Journalists Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionZambia

SALC Writes To Zambian President SATA Expressing Concern at the Targeting of Independent Journalists

SALC has written to Zambian President Sata expressing its concern at the targeting of journalists allegedly operating the Zambian Watchdog online news publication. Thomas Zganbo and Clayson Hamasaka have been…
Staff Writer
12 July 2013
Court challenge against decision to grant asylum to Rwandan war crimes suspect ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

Court challenge against decision to grant asylum to Rwandan war crimes suspect

Universal Jurisdiction News Judicial review proceedings are ongoing against a decision by the South African Department of Home Affairs to grant asylum to former Rwandan army general and suspected war criminal,…
Staff Writer
18 June 2013
AU, ICC leaders must find consensus on Kenya warrants ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

AU, ICC leaders must find consensus on Kenya warrants

Business Day SPARE a thought for African Union (AU) chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. Each has been tasked with providing leadership to prominent, if…
Staff Writer
11 June 2013
Steps forward in fighting cervical cancer ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesSADCZimbabwe

Steps forward in fighting cervical cancer

The fight against cervical cancer in Africa received a welcome boost when Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, the two pharmaceutical companies that make vaccines protecting individuals from specific cancer-causing strains of the human…
Priti Patel
5 June 2013
Positive reinforcement: Advocating for international criminal justice in Africa International Justice Arms TradeInternational Justice ResourcesInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice War CrimesResearch Reports & Policy BriefsSADC

Positive reinforcement: Advocating for international criminal justice in Africa

Forward by Sanji Mmasenono Monageng, Judge of the International Criminal Court The entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 2002 is likely the most significant event…
Staff Writer
24 May 2013
Homosexual case referred to High Court ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Homosexual case referred to High Court

Zambian Watchdog The Lusaka Magistrate’s Court ruled today that the criminal case against HIV activist Paul Kasonkomona should be transferred to the High Court for a hearing on the constitutional…
Staff Writer
22 May 2013

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