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Malawi protecting women from illegal land seizure

8 December 2016, Malawi – On Friday 2 December 2016, the High Court of Malawi, sitting in Mzuzu, dismissed an action brought by the Plaintiffs, an elite couple, against two…
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8 December 2016
Court grants an order declaring that a widow was the sole beneficiary of a farm in contrast to the Master of the High Court’s decision to grant the widow a child’s share of the estate Socio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights NewsZimbabwe

Court grants an order declaring that a widow was the sole beneficiary of a farm in contrast to the Master of the High Court’s decision to grant the widow a child’s share of the estate

23 June, 2016 Harare- On Thursday 9 June 2016, the High Court of Zimbabwe, sitting in Harare granted an order declaring that a widow was the sole beneficiary of a…
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23 June 2016
When the dust settles, who will provide justice for xenophobia victims? ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSADCSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsSouth AfricaZimbabwe

When the dust settles, who will provide justice for xenophobia victims?

Angela Mudukuti Thought Leader, Mail&Guardian The deplorable and execrable attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa have exposed many alarming gaps and inadequacies. Gaps in leadership at the domestic and…
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22 April 2015
Don’t be slaves of precedent, judges told ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights Disability ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesSADCSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights News

Don’t be slaves of precedent, judges told

The Patriot 18 January 2015 High Court of Botswana Judge Key Dingake has called on judges and magistrates to use their judicial powers to ensure that the rights of vulnerable…
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1 April 2015
Litigation Centre comes of age 28 November to 4 December 2014 ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights NewsInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsSADCSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsSouth Africa

Litigation Centre comes of age 28 November to 4 December 2014

The Mail & Guardian Nicole Fritz and Priti Patel’s young institution has recently scored major victories in protecting the rights of people in Southern Africa Nicole Fritz and Priti Patel,…
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9 December 2014
Botswana Court to hear appeal to decision allowing women to inherit under customary law BotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights News

Botswana Court to hear appeal to decision allowing women to inherit under customary law

Gaborone – On Friday 19 July, the Court of Appeal in Gaborone, Botswana will hear arguments in Ramantele v Mmusi and Others, an appeal from a High Court decision striking down…
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18 July 2013
Lesotho denies women right to be Chiefs ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights ResourcesEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesLesothoSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsSocio-economic Rights Resources

Lesotho denies women right to be Chiefs

Business Day Business Day, Ernest Mabuza, May 17 2013–The Johannesburg-based Southern Africa Litigation Centre branded Thursday a dark day for women in Lesotho after the mountain kingdom’s Constitutional Court upheld…
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17 May 2013
Lesotho Court fails women by denying them the right to succeed to chieftainship Equality RightsEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights News

Lesotho Court fails women by denying them the right to succeed to chieftainship

Johannesburg, 16 May – Lesotho’s Constitutional Court today struck a serious blow against women’s rights and gender equality by upholding a discriminatory section of the Chieftainship Act, which denies all daughters…
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16 May 2013
Ghost of the SADC tribunal haunts Zimbabwe in South Africa’s Constitutional Court ArticlesSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Ghost of the SADC tribunal haunts Zimbabwe in South Africa’s Constitutional Court

A group of Zimbabwean farmers dispossessed of their land in Zimbabwe’s controversial land redistribution policy will face off against the Zimbabwean government in the South African Constitutional Court today. This…
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28 February 2013