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SALC shadow report-Zimbabwe’s Combined 11th-15th Periodic Report (65th Ordinary Session, Oct-Nov 2019)

Zimbabwe's 11th-15th Combined Report to the African Commission on Human and People's Rights 65th Session (Oct-Nov 2019) Submission by Southern Africa Litigation Centre October 2019 Introduction Zimbabwe adopted a new…
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15 October 2019
SALC IN THE NEWS: Prosecuting apartheid atrocities-why an indictment for a single murder in the Ahmed Timol case is not enough International Justice TortureSouth Africa

SALC IN THE NEWS: Prosecuting apartheid atrocities-why an indictment for a single murder in the Ahmed Timol case is not enough

By Atilla Kisla The Daily Maverick The crimes of apartheid has never been prosecuted before. Therefore, the Ahmed Timol case can pave the way to prosecute the atrocious crimes committed…
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10 April 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…
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27 March 2019
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South Africa police must investigate ‘Zimbabwe torture’

BBC News Africa South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld an order for police to investigate Zimbabwean officials over allegations they tortured opposition figures in 2007. Under international law,…
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23 November 2017
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South Africa: Challenging NPA inaction for TRC related prosecutions

Nkadimeng v the National Director of Public Prosecutions and others SALC is supporting the family of Nokuthula Simelane to compel the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to either refer the disappearance…
Staff Writer
28 November 2016