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SALC Oral Statement: At the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights on the Human Rights Situation in Zimbabwe and Malawi Civic RightsCriminal JusticeInternational JusticeSADC

SALC Oral Statement: At the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights on the Human Rights Situation in Zimbabwe and Malawi

On the 24 October 2019, SALC delivered an oral statement at the the 65th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights. Zimbabwe Zimbabwe is in crisis…
Staff Writer
30 October 2019
SALC shadow report-Zimbabwe’s Combined 11th-15th Periodic Report (65th Ordinary Session, Oct-Nov 2019) Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights ExpressionEquality RightsEquality Rights HealthInternational JusticeInternational Justice TortureSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Climate JusticeSubmissionsZimbabwe

SALC shadow report-Zimbabwe’s Combined 11th-15th Periodic Report (65th Ordinary Session, Oct-Nov 2019)

Zimbabwe's 11th-15th Combined Report to the African Commission on Human and People's Rights 65th Session (Oct-Nov 2019) Submission by Southern Africa Litigation Centre October 2019 Introduction Zimbabwe adopted a new…
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15 October 2019
SALC seeks cancellation of visa of convicted Dutch war criminal and fugitive from justice, Guus Kouvenhowen International JusticeInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesSouth Africa

SALC seeks cancellation of visa of convicted Dutch war criminal and fugitive from justice, Guus Kouvenhowen

SALC has filed an application to cancel the visa of convicted Dutch war criminal and fugitive from justice, Guus Kouvenhowen. The Southern Africa Litigation Centre has filed an application requesting…
Staff Writer
14 October 2019
LEGABIBO is disappointed by the Attorney General’s Decision to Appeal the Unanimous Decision of the Botswana High Court to Decriminalise Consensual Adult Same-Sex Acts in Private BotswanaEquality Rights LGBTIQ+

LEGABIBO is disappointed by the Attorney General’s Decision to Appeal the Unanimous Decision of the Botswana High Court to Decriminalise Consensual Adult Same-Sex Acts in Private

In a unanimous decision, on 11 June 2019, Justices A.B Tafa, M Leburu and J. Dube decriminalised same-sex sexual acts/conduct among consenting adults in private. Sections 164, 165 and 167…
Staff Writer
25 September 2019
Media Statement: SALC condemns the abduction and enforced disappearance of Dr Peter Magombeyi, President of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) Criminal JusticeZimbabwe

Media Statement: SALC condemns the abduction and enforced disappearance of Dr Peter Magombeyi, President of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA)

SALC calls on the Zimbabwean government to urgently determine the whereabouts of Dr Magombeyi and to ensure his safety. Zimbabwean doctors yesterday staged a walkout in protest over this weekend's…
Staff Writer
17 September 2019
SALC condemns the abduction and enforced disappearance of Dr Peter Magombeyi, President of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) Civic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsZimbabwe

SALC condemns the abduction and enforced disappearance of Dr Peter Magombeyi, President of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA)

SALC calls on the Zimbabwean government to ensure the safety and urgently determine the whereabouts of Dr Magombeyi. Zimbabwean doctors yesterday staged a walkout in protest over this weekend's alleged…
Staff Writer
17 September 2019
Statement: Organisations warn of potential negative impact of proposed changes to Zambian Constitution on judicial independence Civic RightsCivic Rights NewsZambia

Statement: Organisations warn of potential negative impact of proposed changes to Zambian Constitution on judicial independence

  Organizations in the region, as well as internationally, are deeply concerned about the impact the Zambian Constitutional Amendment Bill 2019 may have on the independence and impartiality of the…
Staff Writer
5 August 2019

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