Ongoing Cases
The arm of imperialism: The church’s anti-gender and anti-SOGIE rhetoric
Washington Blade 23 August 2023 By Anna Mmolai-Chalmers Anti-rights agenda in Africa has weaponized LGBTQ, intersex rights. Recently, in Botswana, Namibia, Uganda, Kenya and Malawi, the church has thrown the…
Botswana religious groups threaten rule of law and refuse LGBTQ rights
Washington Blade 7 August 2023 By: Bradley Fortuin and Matlhogonolo Samsam Country’s Council of Churches applauded 2019 decriminalization ruling. Botswana is considered a secular state and all people have equal…
Joint statement: Urgent call for protection of refugees’ rights and a halt to state sponsored lawlessness
Lilongwe, 1 August 2023 - We, a consortium of Institutions and Civil Society Organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights, urgently call upon the Government to immediately cease the…
Completed Cases
Articles
Trampling on the rule of law in Lesotho
Daily Maverick By Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh Lesotho has faced repeated political and security crises over many years. Politics in the impoverished mountain kingdom has been marked by coups and assassinations and…
Swazi lawyers march over judge’s sacking
The Mail&Guardian Anti-government protest is gathering pace in Swaziland, with lawyers now taking to the street alongside labour unions, teachers, taxi drivers and banned political parties. The kingdom’s lawyers marched…
Resources
SALC submission on Zimbabwe’s 3rd universal periodic review
Zimbabwe is in the midst of an economic crisis, which has only been exacerbated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdown restrictions have led to a decrease in manufacturing,…
2019-2021 Biennial report
SALC's biennial report captures activities for March 2019 to February 2021. Read the report here.