13 September 2013 The Post Online A NUTRITION expert on Wednesday told the Lusaka High Court that prison authorities should be sensitive to the dietary needs of inmates who are…
Johannesburg – The trial of Paul Kasonkomona – well-known human rights and HIV/AIDS activist – is set to commence in the Lusaka Magistrates Court on Thursday, 12 September. Kasonkomona was arrested…
This manual provides a resource for private and public lawyers in southern Africa who are litigating cases in domestic courts that challenge laws, policies and practices around unlawful HIV testing…
The US Supreme Court yesterday struck down a requirement that organisations receiving any amount of PEPFAR funding sign an explicit policy opposing prostitution, known as the anti-prostitution pledge. The court held that the anti-prostitution…
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…
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…
Sunday Standard 24 March 2013 The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has punched holes in Botswana’s Public Health Bill, warning it might result in human rights violations. The SALC has raised…
SADC Members of Parliament sitting on the SADC PF HIV Committee met in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 1st of March 2013 to discuss the availability of services and policies…
Health care settings are thought of as places of safety, where lives are saved and human rights are protected. The idea that torture, cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment can occur…
On 22 February 2013, the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS; the AIDS and Rights Alliance of Southern Africa; the Southern Africa Litigation Centre and the HIV and AIDS Programme of…