IOL 11 June 2015 Johannesburg – A South African human rights organisation is preparing to seek an arrest warrant for Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir because they suspect he could arrive…
22 May 2015 SABC News The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) says it has written an open letter to the South African ministers of Justice and of International Relations and…
Times Live 20 May 2022 The sister of an Umkhonto weSizwe courier who disappeared in the 1980s has filed an application before the Pretoria high court to force a formal…
Mail & Guardian 21 May 2015 TRC records show that Umkhonto weSizwe member Nokuthula Simelane was tortured on a North West farm and believed killed. Thirty-two years after her disappearance,…
IOL Johannesburg – Rule of law champions have reminded the South African government that it had an obligation to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir if he came to South Africa…
All Africa On 30 October 2014, the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down its judgment in a landmark case for international criminal justice. The appeal related to the responsibilities…
All Africa 7 November 2014 South Africa’s highest court has ordered the police to investigate allegations of torture by Zimbabwe police carried out in Zimbabwe on Zimbabwean nationals. How can…
IOL 9 November 204 Universal jurisdiction is something to be excited about, but only when it is effective, writes Lwando Xaso. On October 30, the Constitutional Court handed down a…
The Mail & Guardian The Constitutional Court says the police must investigate all crimes against humanity brought to their notice. The Zimbabwe Exile Forum said it is “ecstatic” with the…
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the SAPS are obliged to investigate claims of torture committed in Zimbabwe. The Constitutional Court in a landmark case ruled unanimously that the South…