Focus Countries

SALC works in the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In addition, SALC supports litigation in South African courts that advances human rights in the southern African region.

Angola

Botswana

Eswatini

Malawi

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Southern African leaders keep rights tribunal suspended ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsSADC

Southern African leaders keep rights tribunal suspended

The Business Day A DECISION by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state summit has extended an effective suspension of the SADC Tribunal, despite the recommendations of an…
Staff Writer
24 May 2011
Mugabe in Rome shows up Vatican hypocrisy ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesZimbabwe

Mugabe in Rome shows up Vatican hypocrisy

Business Day By Nicole Fritz YOU have to wonder how that conversation went. Vatican official: "We appreciate that he is under a European Union (EU) travel ban but as we’re…
Staff Writer
10 May 2011
SADC may be about to shoot itself in the foot ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsNamibiaRule of LawZimbabwe

SADC may be about to shoot itself in the foot

Business Day By Nicole Fritz HUMAN rights. Economic growth. Big, bold concepts too often portrayed as inevitably in tension. Yet, economic growth is facilitated by civic rights such as the…
Staff Writer
7 April 2011
Africa and the International Criminal Court – Civil Society’s contribution to the fight against impunity International JusticeInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice War CrimesSouth AfricaZambia

Africa and the International Criminal Court – Civil Society’s contribution to the fight against impunity

  SALC is an active member of the African Network of International Criminal Justice, an informal network of African civil society organizations and international organizations with a presence in Africa…
Staff Writer
7 March 2011
Security council referral confirms ICC as a critical International Institution ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

Security council referral confirms ICC as a critical International Institution

The Mail&Guardian By Nicole Fritz If Libya is the epicentre of the earthquake, seismic waves washed up last Saturday night at the United Nations’s (UN) headquarters along Manhattan’s East River…
Staff Writer
2 March 2011
Malawi: Right to bail for terminally ill remandees Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Completed CasesCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesMalawi

Malawi: Right to bail for terminally ill remandees

SALC is challenging the fact that terminally ill remandees have no opportunity to provide evidence to an independent arbiter on the state of their health. This presents a serious challenge…
Staff Writer
21 November 2010

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