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Progressive Botswana court affirms that legal recognition gender identity at core of human dignity ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights News

Progressive Botswana court affirms that legal recognition gender identity at core of human dignity

The Daily Maverick Tashwill Esterhuizen For the second time in two years, the Botswana courts have shown themselves to be champions of jurisprudence which acknowledges the rights of lesbian, gay,…
Staff Writer
21 November 2017
Botswana High Court sets hearing date on constitutionality of offences which criminalise consensual same-sex sexual activities BotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights News

Botswana High Court sets hearing date on constitutionality of offences which criminalise consensual same-sex sexual activities

On 1 November 2017, Judge Leburu of the High Court of Botswana, ordered that the hearing challenging the constitutionality of sections 164(a), 164(c) and 167 of the Penal Code be…
Staff Writer
1 November 2017
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Malawi: Challenging the refusal to register LGBTIQ+ organisation in Malawi Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly Ongoing CasesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression Ongoing CasesCivic Rights Ongoing CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ Ongoing CasesEquality Rights Ongoing CasesMalawi

Malawi: Challenging the refusal to register LGBTIQ+ organisation in Malawi

Legal Framework Section 32 of the Malawi Constitution protects freedom of assembly and association. The section states that every person shall have the right to freedom of association, which shall…
Staff Writer
17 August 2017
Zimbabwe: Challenging unlawful arrest of transgender woman Civic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ Completed CasesZimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Challenging unlawful arrest of transgender woman

On 16 January 2014 a transgender activist was arrested in Bulawayo after entering a female toilet. At the police station she was forced to strip and examined by medical doctors…
Staff Writer
28 July 2017
International Human Rights Day: SALC looks back on key developments and challenges in 2016 Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights ResourcesCriminal Justice ResourcesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights Resources

International Human Rights Day: SALC looks back on key developments and challenges in 2016

Every year, on 10 December, the world celebrates International Human Rights Day – the day the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly…
Staff Writer
9 December 2016

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