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Zambia: Challenging the denial of registration of a deaf student for tertiary studies Equality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights Disability Completed CasesZambia

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,…
Staff Writer
10 June 2021
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Back to old habits? South African arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the UAE ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice Arms TradeInternational Justice Arms Trade ArticlesInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsSouth Africa

Back to old habits? South African arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Mail&Guardian 7 June 2021 By Atilla Kisla Following illegal and unethical arms trades to countries with very poor human rights records under apartheid, democratic South Africa established a legal framework…
Atilla Kisla
7 June 2021
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Joint Statement: Human Rights organisations ask the Courts to review decisions to export arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates International JusticeInternational Justice Arms TradeInternational Justice NewsSouth Africa

Joint Statement: Human Rights organisations ask the Courts to review decisions to export arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

On 3 June 2021, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and Open Secrets launched an urgent two-part application in the North Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) seeking: The names of all…
Staff Writer
7 June 2021
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South African Arms Trade case: Human Rights organisations ask the Courts to review decisions to export arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates International JusticeInternational Justice Arms TradeInternational Justice Arms Trade Ongoing CasesInternational Justice Ongoing CasesSouth Africa

South African Arms Trade case: Human Rights organisations ask the Courts to review decisions to export arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

On 3 June 2021, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and Open Secrets launched an urgent two-part application in the North Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) seeking: The names of all…
Staff Writer
7 June 2021
Lesotho: Challenging mandatory HIV testing of accused persons and the mandatory death sentence of Persons Living With HIV (PLWH) Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesLesotho

Lesotho: Challenging mandatory HIV testing of accused persons and the mandatory death sentence of Persons Living With HIV (PLWH)

SALC is supporting the constitutional challenge of Section 30 and 32(a)(vii) of the Sexual offences Act, which provides for mandatory HIV testing of an accused person upon being charged with…
Staff Writer
24 May 2021
Botswana High Court to determine whether law allows the compulsory acquisition of a tribe’s freehold land BotswanaSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights News

Botswana High Court to determine whether law allows the compulsory acquisition of a tribe’s freehold land

19 March 2021 - On 22 March 2021, the High Court of Botswana will hear a counter-application brought by the Ba-Ga-Malete Tribe, represented by Kgosi Mosadi Seboko, and the Gamalete…
Staff Writer
19 March 2021
Zimbabwe: Challenging criminalisation of breastfeeding by women living with HIV Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Completed CasesCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesZimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Challenging criminalisation of breastfeeding by women living with HIV

SALC is supporting private lawyer, Mr Tawanda Chakabva, in the criminal defence of a woman living with HIV who was  charged with Deliberate transmission of HIV in terms of section…
Staff Writer
1 March 2021
Zambia: Challenging denial of legal capacity for persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities Equality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights HealthZambia

Zambia: Challenging denial of legal capacity for persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities

SALC is supporting a petition by a person with psychosocial disabilities and the Disability Rights Watch (DRW) to repeal Section 4 of the Mental Health Act of 2019 in Katontoka  and Another…
Staff Writer
26 February 2021

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