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Zambia: Challenging the displacement of communities from customary land in the Serenje District

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre, in collaboration with the Muchinda Royal Establishment together with the Zambia Land Alliance, is assisting 13 community members, each representing their family in bringing forth a case where they seek to…
Staff Writer
4 May 2020
Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights ExpressionEquality RightsEquality Rights HealthInternational JusticeInternational Justice TortureSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Climate JusticeSubmissionsZimbabwe

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…
Staff Writer
15 October 2019
Equality RightsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women Ongoing CasesSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights ExtractivesSocio-Economic Rights Extractives Ongoing CasesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights Ongoing CasesSocio-economic Rights Ongoing CasesZambia

Zambia: Challenging the taking over of customary land and allocation to commercial farmers and the destruction of property and contamination of the environment without consent or compensation

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is currently assisting four residents (Petitioners) of Senior Chief Muchinda in the Serenje District of the Central Province of Zambia in bringing a case against…
Staff Writer
5 April 2019
Socio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights ExtractivesSocio-Economic Rights Extractives Ongoing CasesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights Ongoing CasesZambia

Zambia: Challenging the taking over of customary land and allocation to commercial farmers and the destruction of property and contamination of the environment without consent or compensation

SALC is supporting four residents (Petitioners) of Senior Chief Muchinda in Serenje District of the Central Province of Zambia. In 2015, the Petitioners were approached by an investor and commercial…
Staff Writer
5 April 2019
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Botswana: Challenging the constitutionality of the legislative scheme relating to tribal land

SALC is assisting the Ba-Ga-Malete Tribe, represented by Kgosi Mosadi Seboko and the Gamalete Development Trust, against the Malete Land Board and the Attorney General to retain the land known…
Staff Writer
2 April 2019
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Eswatini: Supporting the right to protest at a university

SALC is concerned that the doctrine of common purpose is on occasion used by university councils to punish student leaders where damages of university property occurred during a student protest.…
Staff Writer
18 December 2018
Equality RightsEquality Rights Ongoing CasesEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women Ongoing CasesMalawiSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights ExtractivesSocio-Economic Rights Extractives Ongoing CasesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights Ongoing CasesSocio-economic Rights Ongoing Cases

Malawi: Protecting rural women from negative impacts of the extractive industries

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is assisting the Kanyika community based in the Mzimba District of Malawi to recover damages and compensation for loss and damage they have incurred due to extensive…
Staff Writer
18 September 2018
Civic RightsCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights NewsEswatiniResearch Reports & Policy BriefsSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights News

Statement: Launch of research report on “The alignment of Eswatini’s domestic law with recommendations of United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms”

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre released a report on "The Alignment of Eswatini's Domestic law with recommendations of United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms" in Mbabane on the 13th of September…
Staff Writer
14 September 2018