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Africa: Challenging laws criminalising persons living with HIV Equality RightsEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights NewsSADC

Africa: Challenging laws criminalising persons living with HIV

Kenya: SALC is supporting an amicus submission by the HIV Justice Worldwide (HIVJWW)in a petition by 6 persons living with HIV and KELIN challenging section 26 of the Sexual Offences…

Staff Writer1 March 2021

Zambia: Challenging denial of driving licences to deaf persons Equality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights Disability Completed CasesZambia

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…

Staff Writer26 February 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 Writer26 February 2021

Student’s rape case attracts CSOs attention ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawi

Student’s rape case attracts CSOs attention

On 25 February 2021, The Nation reported about a girl who was raped in police custody. Read the article here.  

Staff Writer25 February 2021

Zambia: Submission on the review of the penal code and criminal procedure code Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice ResourcesSubmissionsZambia

Zambia: Submission on the review of the penal code and criminal procedure code

SALC made submission on the review of the Zambian penal code and criminal procedure code. Read the submission here.

Staff Writer23 February 2021

The Global Gag Rule and Access to Abortion: Impact on law reform in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Eswatini and Malawi Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights ResourcesEswatiniMalawiMozambiqueResearch Reports & Policy BriefsZambiaZimbabwe

The Global Gag Rule and Access to Abortion: Impact on law reform in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Eswatini and Malawi

SALC presents a policy brief on the impact of the Global gag rule on law reform for access to safe abortion in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Eswatini and Malawi within the…

Staff Writer22 February 2021

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on sex workers in Southern Africa Criminal Justice ResourcesResearch Reports & Policy BriefsSADC

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on sex workers in Southern Africa

In October 2020, SALC conducted a mapping exercise in some countries in the SADC region (Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi) to assess the impact that COVID-19 has had…

Staff Writer22 February 2021

The recently renewed NPA should show its teeth ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesNamibiaSouth Africa

The recently renewed NPA should show its teeth

Mail & Guardian 29 Jan 2021 By Atilla Kisla Wouter Basson is most notorious in South Africa and across the world for his leadership role in the chemical and biological…

Atilla Kisla29 January 2021

African Court challenges States to rethink the basis of their criminal laws ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsSADC

African Court challenges States to rethink the basis of their criminal laws

Published on Africa.com on 22 January 2021 On 4 December 2020, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued an Advisory Opinion which challenges the very notions which underpin…

Anneke Meerkotter27 January 2021

La Cour africaine met les États au défi de repenser les bases de leur droit pénal Criminal Justice Prison Reform

La Cour africaine met les États au défi de repenser les bases de leur droit pénal

Le 4 décembre 2020, la Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples a émis un avis consultatif remettant en cause les notions mêmes qui sous-tendent nos sociétés de…

Staff Writer27 January 2021

Out and Proud Project: LGBTI Rights in Zimbabwe Equality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsZimbabwe

Out and Proud Project: LGBTI Rights in Zimbabwe

The Out and Proud Project seeks to improve the legislative frameworks and non-discriminatory environment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex persons in Southern Africa. Its implementation covers the 3…

Staff Writer25 January 2021

Joint Stakeholder Submission to the UNHRC for the LOIPR to be considered in relation to Malawi Criminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice ResourcesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights ResourcesMalawiSubmissions

Joint Stakeholder Submission to the UNHRC for the LOIPR to be considered in relation to Malawi

The Malawi Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA), the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), Reprieve and Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) submit information to the Human…

Staff Writer25 January 2021

SALC statement on the attack on freedom of expression in Zimbabwe Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsZimbabwe

SALC statement on the attack on freedom of expression in Zimbabwe

21 January 2021 – SALC is deeply concerned by the arrest and detention of investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and lawyers Fadzayi Mahere and Job Sikhala over the sharing of a…

Staff Writer21 January 2021

A Call for Action: Malawi is for everyone, is Malawi really for everyone? Equality Rights LGBTIQ+Malawi

A Call for Action: Malawi is for everyone, is Malawi really for everyone?

From     :               The LGBTI Led Organizations and Allies To           :               Office of the President and Cabinet CC           :               The Minister of Justice    …

Staff Writer18 January 2021

SALC policy brief on ICC witnesses and the review of the Rome Statute: The missing link International Justice ResourcesInternational Justice War CrimesResearch Reports & Policy Briefs

SALC policy brief on ICC witnesses and the review of the Rome Statute: The missing link

The Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court resolved in December 2019 to establish the Independent Expert Review to identify ways of strengthening…

Staff Writer15 December 2020

Discussion document on the criminalisation of HIV in Angola AngolaEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights ResourcesResearch Reports & Policy Briefs

Discussion document on the criminalisation of HIV in Angola

In November 2020, The Southern Africa Litigation Centre, ARASA and HIV Justice Worldwide put together a discussion document on the Criminalisation of HIV in Angola. This brief has been prepared…

Staff Writer1 December 2020

João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSADC

João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty

Mail and Guardian 6 November 2020 By Atilla Kisla Today, on 6 November 2020, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) hears the case of João Rodrigues v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others. João…

Atilla Kisla16 November 2020

Reaffirming tolerance in Southern Africa on 16 November: The UN international day of tolerance Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionSADC

Reaffirming tolerance in Southern Africa on 16 November: The UN international day of tolerance

By Kelvin Vries On 16 November 1995, UNESCO’s member states adopted the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance. The Declaration defines tolerance as “respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity…

Kelvin Vries16 November 2020

South Africa’s department of home affairs declares Kouwenhoven an undesirable person International JusticeInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesSouth Africa

South Africa’s department of home affairs declares Kouwenhoven an undesirable person

SOUTH AFRICA’S DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS DECLARES KOUWENHOVEN AN UNDESIRABLE PERSON Southern Africa Litigation Centre v Minister of Home Affairs and Others, Case No. 18052/2019, High Court, Western Cape Division,…

Staff Writer14 November 2020

Report: Legal gender recognition in Botswana BotswanaEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights ResourcesResearch Reports & Policy Briefs

Report: Legal gender recognition in Botswana

Legal gender recognition affects a person’s recognition and protection before the law and the ability to navigate through areas of daily life. It refers to transgender people’s ability to obtain…

Staff Writer10 November 2020