Lesotho

Report: Legal Gender Recognition in Lesotho...
Legal gender recognition affects a person’s recognition and protection before the law and the ability to navigate through areas of…
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Petty Offences Newsletter: Digest of Campaign Activities in September 2020...
In September 2020, the Regional Campaign to Decriminalise Petty Offences hosted a virtual conference entitled Policing Pandemics, Balancing Rights. The…
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Good news as South Africa affirms its commitment to accountability for internati...
The Daily Maverick 26 June 2020 Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh On 11 June, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order to…
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SALC Shadow Report – Lesotho’s 3rd Universal Periodic Review 35th Sessio...
Lesotho’s 3rd Universal Periodic Review 35th Session (Jan-Feb 2020) Joint Submission by: Southern Africa Litigation Centre with assistance by Lesotho…
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LESOTHO: CHALLENGING POLICE TORTURE...
Factual Background The applicants were arrested by Thaba-Tseka Police in January 2018 on allegations of armed robbery. During the arrest,…
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JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IS CRITICAL TO PROTECTING PRESS FREEDOM IN AFRICA...
Published by AfricanLII on 28 May 2018 In this opinion piece, Anneke Meerkotter, Litigation Director of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC),…
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News Release: Lesotho Court declares offence of criminal defamation invalid...
Maseru, Lesotho – On Monday 21 May 2018, the Lesotho High Court (sitting as a Constitutional Court), in a unanimous…
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Lesotho: Challenging the offence of criminal defamation...
SALC supported a case challenging the constitutionality of the offence of criminal defamation. On 6 July 2016, Basildon Peta was…
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