Disability

Ongoing Cases

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Criminal Justice

Malawi: Challenging the offence of begging

Factual Background Thirteen individuals were arrested and charged under section 180(b) of the Penal Code at different places in Blantyre. They appeared together before the magistrate on 12 April 2017…

Completed Cases

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Equality Rights

Kenya: Challenge to indefinite detention of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities for petty offences

SALC is partnering with  Arthur's Dream Autism Trust (ADAT) in cases challenging the indefinite detention of four persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, arrested for petty offences at Manthari without…
Equality Rights

Zambia: Challenging the denial of registration of a deaf student for tertiary studies

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is worked with Zambia Deaf Youth and Women (ZDYW) in a case challenging the refusal to register a deaf student for tertiary studies. In 2020,…
Equality Rights

Zambia: Challenging denial of driving licences to deaf persons

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre worked with Zambia Deaf Youth and Women (ZDYW) to challenge the constitutionality of denying driver’s licenses to Deaf persons in Zambia. The case challenged the…
Criminal Justice

Zambia: Challenging the Mental Disorders Act

SALC supported a petition by three persons with psychosocial disabilities and the Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA) to repeal the Mental Disorders Act of 1949 in Mwewa and Others v the…

Articles

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Articles

Zambia’s Historic First: Legal capacity Communication submitted to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

On 21 August 2025, The Validity Foundation, together with the Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA) and Disability Rights Watch (DRW) with the technical support of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Southern Africa…
Articles

International Albinism Awareness Day 2025: Inclusion Is Strength

Every year on 13 June, the world marks International Albinism Awareness Day, a moment to reflect, stand in solidarity, and, most importantly, affirm the dignity and rights of persons with…
Articles

Petty policing practices

African Disability Rights Yearbook Volume 12 Petty policing practices: Enforcement of minor offences against persons with psychosocial disabilities in three East African countries By Anneke Meerkotter Anneke Meerkotter contributed an…
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Articles

Repealing Mental Act giant step towards human rights

Benedict Tembo Zambia Daily Mail Limited FROM a regional perspective, Zambia is a party to the Convention on the Rights of Disabilities – as are most countries in southern Africa.…

Resources

Civic Rights Democratic Governance

Bill 22: Whose Commission? Why Eswatini Needs an Independent Body

A section-by-section reading of the Commission on Human Rights and Public Administration Bill (Bill No. 22 of 2025 Southern Africa Litigation Centre, with Lilungelo Lakho partners Why this Bill matters…
Eswatini

Civil society submits shadow report to CESCR on Eswatini

Mbabane, Eswatini:  28 August 2025: The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), in collaboration with the Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly (SRWA), Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM), and Trans Swati, submitted…
Namibia

Know Your Rights: A resource for people in Namibia

This user-friendly guide explains the rights of individuals in Namibia when interacting with the police, including during arrest, detention, and trial. It outlines key protections under the Namibian Constitution, the…
Equality Rights

Policy brief: Legal environment affecting key populations in Africa

This policy brief on Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Uganda outlines the legal gains in sexual and reproductive rights for key populations in these countries over the…

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