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South Africa: The Constitutionality of the Confidentiality Provisions in the Refugees Act Civic RightsCivic Rights Completed CasesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression Completed CasesInternational JusticeInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture Completed CasesSouth Africa

South Africa: The Constitutionality of the Confidentiality Provisions in the Refugees Act

SALC was admitted as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the Constitutional Court matter, Mail and Guardian Media Limited and others v Chipu NO and others. On 27 September 2013,…
Staff Writer
27 September 2013
South Africa causes blushes in handling of policy on Syria ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

South Africa causes blushes in handling of policy on Syria

Nicole Fritz The Business Day PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma, addressing a Commonwealth parliamentary conference earlier this month, called on delegates not to remain silent “when one country is being bombed to…
Staff Writer
16 September 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
An exciting week in court for SALC: Freedom of expression, the right to equality, refugee law and international criminal law ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesLesothoSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSouth AfricaZambia

An exciting week in court for SALC: Freedom of expression, the right to equality, refugee law and international criminal law

SALC will be in the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the South Gauteng High Court, the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court and the Lesotho High Court this week for cases that deal…
Caroline James
15 May 2013
Africa: Civil society’s role in international criminal law ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice Arms TradeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSADCSouth Africa

Africa: Civil society’s role in international criminal law

ANALYSIS AllAfrica.com 8 May 2013, There are few more controversial topics in Africa at the moment than the continent’s relationship with the International Criminal Court – as exemplified by the…
Staff Writer
15 May 2013
SALC REPORT: POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT: ADVOCATING FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AFRICA
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Positive reinforcement: Advocating for international criminal justice in Africa

SALC is pleased to announce the release of Positive Reinforcement: Advocating for International Criminal Justice in Africa. It is intended that Positive Reinforcement be a resource, guide and advocacy tool for African civil…
Staff Writer
8 May 2013
Ghost of the SADC tribunal haunts Zimbabwe in South Africa’s Constitutional Court ArticlesSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Ghost of the SADC tribunal haunts Zimbabwe in South Africa’s Constitutional Court

A group of Zimbabwean farmers dispossessed of their land in Zimbabwe’s controversial land redistribution policy will face off against the Zimbabwean government in the South African Constitutional Court today. This…
Staff Writer
28 February 2013
South Africa must come clean on extra-legal renditions ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

South Africa must come clean on extra-legal renditions

The Business Day By Nicole Fritz THE Oscar-nominated film, Zero Dark Thirty, depicting the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA’s) hunt for Osama bin Laden, has generated fierce controversy for suggesting that…
Staff Writer
27 February 2013
SADC Tribunal paid the price for threatening States’ authority ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsMozambiqueSADCSouth AfricaTanzaniaZimbabwe

SADC Tribunal paid the price for threatening States’ authority

The Business Day TANZANIAN president Jakaya Kikwete is said to have described it as a monster that will “devour us all”. Now the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Tribunal —…
Staff Writer
28 January 2013

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