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Malawi: Challenging the offence of begging Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Ongoing CasesCriminal Justice Ongoing CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights Disability Ongoing CasesEquality Rights Ongoing CasesMalawi

Malawi: Challenging the offence of begging

Factual Background Thirteen individuals were arrested and charged under section 180(b) of the Penal Code at different places in Blantyre. They appeared together before the magistrate on 12 April 2017…
Staff Writer
21 March 2018
Zambia: Challenging the Mental Disorders Act Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Completed CasesCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights Disability Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesZambia

Zambia: Challenging the Mental Disorders Act

SALC supported a petition by three persons with psychosocial disabilities and the Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA) to repeal the Mental Disorders Act of 1949 in Mwewa and Others v the…
Staff Writer
14 December 2017
SALC Research Report: Prosecuting sexual violence against women and girls with disabilities in Malawi
SALC Research Report: Prosecuting sexual violence against women and girls with disabilities in Malawi Equality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights ResourcesEquality Rights WomenMalawiResearch Reports & Policy Briefs

SALC Research Report: Prosecuting sexual violence against women and girls with disabilities in Malawi

This report was prompted by Malawian civil society organisations’ perception that there is a lack of will on the part of police and prosecution to investigate and prosecute cases related…
Staff Writer
31 July 2017
Joint Statement to UN Human Rights Council opposing discriminatory treatment against persons with Albinism Equality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights ResourcesSubmissions

Joint Statement to UN Human Rights Council opposing discriminatory treatment against persons with Albinism

On 10 February 2017, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the Malawi Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA)…
Staff Writer
17 February 2017
Malawi: Discriminatory sentencing against persons with albinism Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Completed CasesCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights Disability Completed CasesMalawi

Malawi: Discriminatory sentencing against persons with albinism

SALC is working with the Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) and a private lawyer, Mr Daniel Kalaya, to review a discriminatory sentence against a man with albinism…
Staff Writer
8 February 2017