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ICC: The Prosecutor v Dominic Ongwen: Joint amicus curiae submission by SALC and Prof. Bonita Meyersfeld International JusticeInternational Justice Arms TradeInternational Justice Completed CasesInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture Completed CasesInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes Completed Cases

ICC: The Prosecutor v Dominic Ongwen: Joint amicus curiae submission by SALC and Prof. Bonita Meyersfeld

In the seminal case of The Prosecutor v Dominic Ongwen before the International Criminal Court (ICC), SALC and Prof. Bonita Meyersfeld have been admitted as amicus curiae. Dominic Ongwen (Mr.…
Staff Writer
14 February 2022
South Africa: Revocation of visa to a convicted Dutch war criminal: Augustinus Maria Kouwenhoven International JusticeInternational Justice Completed CasesInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes Completed CasesSouth Africa

South Africa: Revocation of visa to a convicted Dutch war criminal: Augustinus Maria Kouwenhoven

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre has filed an application requesting the Western Cape High Court to cancel the visa of convicted arms trafficker and war criminal Augustinus Maria Kouwenhoven. Kouwenhoven…
Staff Writer
4 December 2019
South Africa: Joao Rodrigues v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others (Timol case) International JusticeInternational Justice Completed CasesInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture Completed CasesSouth Africa

South Africa: Joao Rodrigues v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others (Timol case)

On 28 and 29 March 2019, the High Court in Pretoria will hear the criminal case of Rodrigues v National Director of Public Prosecutions (case number: 76755/18). Joao Rodrigues (“the…
Staff Writer
27 March 2019
South Africa: Amicus curiae in Law Society of South Africa case challenging SA signing of new SADC Tribunal protocol International JusticeInternational Justice Completed CasesSADC

South Africa: Amicus curiae in Law Society of South Africa case challenging SA signing of new SADC Tribunal protocol

SALC was admitted as amicus curiae in the matter of the Law Society of South Africa and others vs the President and Others. At the hearing SALC made submissions pertaining to relevant international and…
Staff Writer
10 December 2018
South Africa/Rwanda: Judicial review of decision by South Africa to grant refugee status to former Rwanda General accused of war crimes International JusticeInternational Justice Completed CasesInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes Completed CasesSouth Africa

South Africa/Rwanda: Judicial review of decision by South Africa to grant refugee status to former Rwanda General accused of war crimes

This case concerns the judicial review of the decision of the South African authorities to grant refugee status to a former Rwandan general and suspected war criminal, Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa,…
Staff Writer
17 January 2018
South Africa/Sudan: Amicus curiae in ICC cooperation hearing on South Africa’s failure to arrest Sudanese President Al Bashir International JusticeInternational Justice Completed CasesInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes Completed CasesSouth Africa

South Africa/Sudan: Amicus curiae in ICC cooperation hearing on South Africa’s failure to arrest Sudanese President Al Bashir

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) appeared before the ICC on 7 April to argue that the chamber should make a finding of non-compliance against South Africa for its failure…
Staff Writer
6 July 2017
South Africa/Sudan: Case challenging the State’s failure to implement the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Al Bashir International JusticeInternational Justice Completed CasesInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes Completed CasesSouth Africa

South Africa/Sudan: Case challenging the State’s failure to implement the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Al Bashir

SALC sought the implementation of an arrest warrant for Sudan’s President Omar al Bashir who arrived in South Africa for the African Union (AU) summit that took place in Johannesburg…
Staff Writer
18 November 2016
South Africa: Case challenging South Africa’s withdrawal from the ICC without parliamentary approval International JusticeInternational Justice Completed CasesInternational Justice War CrimesSouth Africa

South Africa: Case challenging South Africa’s withdrawal from the ICC without parliamentary approval

On 21 October 2016 the South African government announced that it had deposited its instrument of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with the United…
Staff Writer
21 October 2016
South Africa/Zimbabwe: Case challenging NPA’s refusal to investigate cases of torture committed in Zimbabwe International JusticeInternational Justice Completed CasesInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture Completed CasesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

South Africa/Zimbabwe: Case challenging NPA’s refusal to investigate cases of torture committed in Zimbabwe

In 2008, SALC submitted a dossier to the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) containing comprehensive evidence of the involvement of eighteen Zimbabwean security officials in perpetrating torture, and requested…
Staff Writer
11 January 2014