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BOTSWANA: AIDS RESPONSE MUST BE GUIDED BY HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE

In Botswana and across Africa, HIV continues to prey on women, sex workers and men who have sex with men. It is clear that to end the HIV epidemic, we…

Staff Writer13 July 2012

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Lawyers in Malawi encourage law reform to promote the rights of LGBT

Left to Right: Mandala Mambulasa, Undule Mwakusungula, Gift Trapence, Gift Mwakwawa On 21 June 2012, lawyers affiliated to the Malawi Law Society attended a workshop in Blantyre to discuss…

Staff Writer26 June 2012

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How close is an African Criminal Court?

IRIN News JOHANNESBURG, 13 June 2012 (IRIN) – The long-running spat between the African Union (AU) and International Criminal Court (ICC) over perceived bias has prompted the AU to push…

Staff Writer13 June 2012

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AU summit: Malawi stands with Darfur victims – government won’t host summit if Al-Bashir attends

Malawi’s president, Joyce Banda, continues to impress. See the latest press release from African civil society organisations regarding Malawi’s decision not to host the AU Summit. The Summit will now…

Staff Writer12 June 2012

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Malawi drops AU Summit over Sudanese leader

CNN (CNN) — Malawi said it won’t host an African Union summit next month because the organization wants Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese leader accused of war crimes in Darfur, to attend.…

Staff Writer12 June 2012

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AU initiative courts controversy

The Post Alan Wallis It would appear that international criminal justice is on the up. The International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered its first guilty verdict in the trial of Congolese…

Staff Writer7 June 2012

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UN High Commissioner for human rights’ visit to Zimbabwe highlights the indivisibility of human rights

On Friday 25 May 2012, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, issued a statement at a press conference in Harare reflecting on her 5 day mission to Zimbabwe. This was…

Staff Writer28 May 2012

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ICC ‘Not targeting African leaders’

News 24 Cape Town – The incoming chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has dismissed criticism that the court is biased against African states. Fatou Bensouda, a former Gambian…

Staff Writer24 May 2012

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The ins and outs of same-sex marriages

The Thought Leader, Mail&Guardian By Anneke Meerkotter The first thing you are confronted with when you walk into the service section of the South African embassy in Harare is a…

Anneke Meerkotter24 May 2012

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When will we recognize that hate speech against the LGBT community is not OK?

Increasingly, leaders in Africa are able to propagate hate speech against LGBT persons with shameless impunity. On 10 May 2012, for example, at a community gathering, the Zimbabwean Minister of Local…

Staff Writer17 May 2012

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