Ongoing Cases
The long exhale to recognizing same-sex unions in Namibia
Washington Blade 24 May 2023 By: Bradley Fortuin May 16 ruling a landmark moment for LGBTIQ+ rights. The Supreme Court of Namibia on May 16, 2023, issued a judgment recognizing…
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…
Completed Cases
On 31 May 2023, 28 men were arrested in Harare CBD under the country’s vagrancy laws. These arrests raise the question of why vagrancy laws still exist and are still…
Background Suicide continues to be a global health concern, affecting all continents. During the lockdown period to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic between April and September 2020, Malawi…
Background Section 153 of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi and Section 4 of the Malawi Police Services Act provide that the Malawi Police Services’ mandate is to provide…
SALC supported a case in which the Plaintiff, who had undergone a total abdominal hysterectomy and developed complications, and she was later diagnosed as having a vaginal fistula. She failed…
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The long exhale to recognizing same-sex unions in Namibia
Washington Blade 24 May 2023 By: Bradley Fortuin May 16 ruling a landmark moment for LGBTIQ+ rights. The Supreme Court of Namibia on May 16, 2023, issued a judgment recognizing…
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…