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Botswana Curt of Appeal to hear critical land case

20 January 2023, Gaborone - On Tuesday, 24 January 2023, the Botswana Court of Appeal will hear an appeal brought by the Attorney General and the Registrar of Deeds (Appellants)…

Staff Writer20 January 2023

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Bravo Parliament For Increasing The Prison Food Budget

The Centre for Human Rights, Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) and the Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) welcome the just-passed revised budget during the 2022/23 Mid-Year National Budget review sitting…

Staff Writer15 December 2022

Eswatini legal gender recognition policy brief Equality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights ResourcesEswatiniResearch Reports & Policy Briefs

Eswatini legal gender recognition policy brief

The legal gender recognition policy brief produced by TransSwati and SALC is written to support engagements around legal gender recognition between the Government of Eswatini and organisations advocating for the…

Staff Writer9 December 2022

Blantyre informal traders challenge eviction Criminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Police AbuseMalawi

Blantyre informal traders challenge eviction

On 2 December 2022, the High Court of Malawi granted a temporary order restraining the Blantyre City Council from forcibly evicting, without due notice and reason, informal traders from the…

Staff Writer8 December 2022

Malawi: Challenging eviction of Blantyre informal traders Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Completed CasesCriminal Justice Criminal Police Abuse Completed CasesMalawi

Malawi: Challenging eviction of Blantyre informal traders

The Blantyre informal traders are challenging forced eviction from the marketplace by the city council.

Staff Writer2 December 2022

History of vagrancy laws in Uganda Criminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Police AbuseCriminal Justice Prison Reform

History of vagrancy laws in Uganda

Here is a history of vagrancy laws in Uganda.

Staff Writer2 December 2022

Joint statement: Launch of legal gender recognition Policy Brief in Eswatini Equality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsEswatini

Joint statement: Launch of legal gender recognition Policy Brief in Eswatini

On 9 December 2022, TransSwati, in partnership with Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), will launch a policy brief on legal gender recognition in Eswatini titled “Legal gender recognition in Eswatini…

Staff Writer30 November 2022

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Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow: International Women Human Rights Defenders Day

On 29 November 2022, the Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) commemorates International Women's Human Rights Defenders Day under the theme “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow." SALC, whose mandate…

Bradley Fortuin29 November 2022

Malawi: Protection of Human Rights Defenders Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsMalawi

Malawi: Protection of Human Rights Defenders

On 27 August 2020, the Malawi Court delivered a judgment in a case which challenged the President's decision prior to the elections to order the Chief Justice and another Supreme…

Staff Writer23 November 2022

Eswatini: Sedition charges impact on freedom of expression Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly Completed CasesCivic Rights Completed CasesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression Completed CasesEswatini

Eswatini: Sedition charges impact on freedom of expression

In May 2019, an activist was charged with sedition, on the basis that court papers which he had filed risked raising disaffection amongst the King's subjects. The offence of sedition…

Staff Writer23 November 2022

Justice delayed, justice denied: The impact on CSOs and litigants ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawiSADC

Justice delayed, justice denied: The impact on CSOs and litigants

The Nation, Malawi Published 1 February 2023 By Anna Mmlai-Chalmers If you or your organisation have been involved in litigation, you are undoubtedly aware that litigation is a lengthy process.…

Anna Chalmers-Mmolai21 November 2022

Statement on third queer without borders forum Equality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsSADC

Statement on third queer without borders forum

From 1-3 November 2022, over 50 LGBTIQ+ activists from 15 Southern African countries convened in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the third Regional LGBTIQ+ Activist Forum under the Out and Proud…

Staff Writer21 November 2022

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Toolkit for a community-based emergency fund Experiences from LGBTQI+ communities in Southern Africa

The Out & Proud Partners developed the Toolkit for a community-based emergency fund Experiences from LGBTQI+ communities in Southern Africa under the Out & Proud: LGBTIQ+ Equality and Rights in Southern Africa.…

Staff Writer16 November 2022

From the Inside Out: Social exclusion linked to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics in Eswatini, Malawi and Zimbabwe Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights LGBTIQ+EswatiniMalawiResearch Reports & Policy BriefsZimbabwe

From the Inside Out: Social exclusion linked to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics in Eswatini, Malawi and Zimbabwe

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), Cooperazione per lo Sviluppo dei Paesi Emergenti (COSPE), Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), Nyasa Rainbow Alliance (NRA), the Rock of Hope (ROH),…

Staff Writer16 November 2022

Malawi: Man arrested and convicted for attempting to commit suicide 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: Man arrested and convicted for attempting to commit suicide

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…

Staff Writer10 November 2022

Increased recognition of women’s right to chieftainship in Southern Africa Equality RightsEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenSADCSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights News

Increased recognition of women’s right to chieftainship in Southern Africa

 9 November 2022, Lusaka – The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) welcomes Afrobarometer’s findings that the majority of Basotho endorse equal opportunity for daughters to ascend to the office of the…

Staff Writer9 November 2022

Malawi High Court declares mass arrests (sweeping exercises) unconstitutional Criminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Police AbuseMalawi

Malawi High Court declares mass arrests (sweeping exercises) unconstitutional

Blantyre, 9 November 2022 – On 8 November 2022, the High Court of Malawi issued a judgment declaring the police’s indiscriminate practice of sweeping exercises unlawful and in violation of…

Staff Writer9 November 2022

Civil Liability for Human Rights Violations: A Handbook for Practitioners ResourcesSocio-economic Rights ExtractivesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights ResourcesTraining ToolsZambia

Civil Liability for Human Rights Violations: A Handbook for Practitioners

The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights led the project on civil liability for human rights violations from 2019 to 2022, which involved an analysis of existing domestic law mechanisms or…

Staff Writer4 November 2022

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The Rivonia statement

Friday, 28 October 2022; A large, multi-sectoral group of stakeholders from across Africa met in Johannesburg near Liliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, to consider urgent action to address cruel, inhuman, and degrading conditions…

Staff Writer28 October 2022

Lesotho High Court faults imposition of death sentence on the basis of HIV status Equality RightsEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights NewsLesotho

Lesotho High Court faults imposition of death sentence on the basis of HIV status

Court decision upholds that people living with HIV have the same right to life as all others 26 October 2022 - On 25 October 2022, the High Court of Lesotho…

Staff Writer26 October 2022