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…
Business Day By Nicole Fritz NELSON Mandela remarked in 1993 in the journal Foreign Affairs that SA’s future foreign relations would be based on the belief that “human rights should…
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…
Johannesburg – In a ground-breaking judgment, the South African Constitutional Court has unanimously ruled that the South African Police Service (SAPS) must investigate crimes against humanity perpetrated in Zimbabwe in 2007.…
Johannesburg – On Thursday 30 October 2014, the Constitutional Court will hand down judgment in the ground-breaking Zimbabwe torture case, which was brought by the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and…
Business Day Live By Nicole Fritz JUST an ordinary piece of business — an announcement at the end of the African Union’s (AU’s) recent summit of heads of state and…
The 23rd Ordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) was held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea last week. The Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and…
SW Radio Africa South Africa’s police service on Monday resumed its fight against court orders to probe crimes against humanity, committed in Zimbabwe. Two previous South African courts have ruled…
The Business Day THE South African Police Service (SAPS) did not have the power to investigate claims of crimes against humanity committed in Zimbabwe if the perpetrators were not in…