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Defend The Press: Protect Free Expression & Democratic Values

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is alarmed and outraged by the escalating assault on freedom of expression, assembly, and access to information across Southern Africa. The arrest of Zimbabwean journalist…
Melusi Simelane
1 April 2025
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Recueil de jurisprudence sur les droits de l’homme

Entre 2014 et 2024, les juges et la communauté juridique participant au Forum régional annuel des juges africains (FRAJ) ont discuté de diverses affaires qui ont fait progresser les droits…
Staff Writer
27 June 2024
African Regional Judges Forum human rights case law compendium BotswanaCivic Rights ResourcesCriminal Justice ResourcesEquality Rights ResourcesEswatiniLesothoLitigation ManualsMalawiNamibiaResourcesSADCSocio-economic Rights ResourcesSouth AfricaTanzaniaZambiaZimbabwe

African Regional Judges Forum human rights case law compendium

Between 2014 and 2024, the judges and legal community attending the annual African Regional Judges’ Forum (ARJF) have discussed various cases that have advanced human rights and equity across the…
Staff Writer
27 June 2024
Analysing the case of Digashu and Others v Government of the Republic of Namibia, Seiler-Lilles v Government of the Republic of Namibia Equality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsNamibia

Analysing the case of Digashu and Others v Government of the Republic of Namibia, Seiler-Lilles v Government of the Republic of Namibia

On 16 May 2023, The Supreme Court of Namibia ruled that Namibia’s immigration laws must recognise same-sex marriages validly concluded outside Namibia, setting aside the High Court decision of 20…
Bradley Fortuin
5 October 2023
The arm of imperialism: The church’s anti-gender and anti-SOGIE rhetoric ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawiNamibiaRule of LawSouth Africa

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…
Anna Chalmers-Mmolai
24 August 2023
The Supreme Court of Namibia rules that Namibia’s immigration laws must recognise same-sex marriages concluded outside Namibia Equality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsNamibia

The Supreme Court of Namibia rules that Namibia’s immigration laws must recognise same-sex marriages concluded outside Namibia

Windhoek, Namibia: 16 May 2023 - Today, four out of a five-panel bench in the Supreme Court of Namibia pronounced against the unconstitutional denial of immigration status to non-Namibian spouses…
Staff Writer
16 May 2023