Wim Trengove SC, appearing for SALC and Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEF), argued the merits of the applicants’ submissions today and what follows is a summary of th0se arguments. He began…
The hearing of SALC’s Zimbabwe Torture case got underway today in the Pretoria High Court. The first respondent — the office of the National Director of Public Prosecutions — sought to…
What is this case about? 1.1. This case concerns obligations South Africa assumed when it ratified the Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute). The Rome Statute is…
Nearly a decade after its inception, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is due to deliver its first judgment on Wednesday. Thomas Lubanga, a Congolese alleged warlord, stands accused of enlisting…
Drawing on the outcomes of the Conference, “Closing the Impunity Gap: Southern Africa’s Role in Securing Justice for the 1994 Rwandan Genocide”, organised by SALC, REDRESS and African Rights, this…
Last week I sat in a large conference room with human rights activists and officials from the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Court) at a continental conference in Malawi.…