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Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals: Perspectives from judges and lawyers in Southern Africa Criminal JusticeInternational JusticeSeminars and ConferencesSouth Africa

Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals: Perspectives from judges and lawyers in Southern Africa

Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seeks to “promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive…

Staff Writer24 January 2017

SALC Anniversary Case Book Litigation Manuals

SALC Anniversary Case Book

To commemorate SALC’s 10 Year Anniversary in 2015 we published a case book documenting the litigation the organisation has supported since its inception.The book is divided into themmatic areas –…

Staff Writer20 January 2017

Constitutional Court in Blantyre declares Section 184 (1) (c) of the Penal Code unconstitutional Criminal JusticeMalawi

Constitutional Court in Blantyre declares Section 184 (1) (c) of the Penal Code unconstitutional

The ruling by the Constitutional Court in Blantyre which Nyasa Times first reported on Tuesday that a panel of three judges have declared Section 184 (1) (c) of the Penal…

Staff Writer13 January 2017

Lawmakers have moved at a snail’s pace to change some draconian laws Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Resources

Lawmakers have moved at a snail’s pace to change some draconian laws

Lawmakers have moved at a snail’s pace to change some draconian laws and history will record that it took a vendor to get the Constitutional Court to invalidate a section…

Staff Writer12 January 2017

News Release: Malawi High Court declares rogue and vagabond offence unconstitutional Criminal JusticeMalawi

News Release: Malawi High Court declares rogue and vagabond offence unconstitutional

Blantyre — On Tuesday 10 January 2017, in the case of Gwanda v State, a three-member bench of the Malawi High Court declared section 184(1)(c) of the Penal Code unconstitutional…

Staff Writer11 January 2017

Media Advisory: Malawi High Court to deliver judgment on constitutionality of the offence of being a rogue and vagabond Criminal JusticeMalawi

Media Advisory: Malawi High Court to deliver judgment on constitutionality of the offence of being a rogue and vagabond

Blantyre — On Tuesday 10 January 2017, a three-member bench of the High Court of Malawi will deliver a judgment on the constitutionality of section 184(1)(c) of the Penal Code.…

Staff Writer9 January 2017

SALC Guidebook: Using complaints to address healthcare violations Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights ResourcesPlain Language PublicationsResourcesTraining Tools

SALC Guidebook: Using complaints to address healthcare violations

This Guidebook provides information about how healthcare users in Africa can enforce their human right to health by making use of complaint processes, particularly for people who are disproportionately vulnerable…

Staff Writer24 December 2016

Malawi: Challenging use of common nuisance offence during sweeping exercises Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Completed CasesCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Completed CasesCriminal Justice Criminal Police Abuse Completed CasesCriminal Justice Police AbuseMalawi

Malawi: Challenging use of common nuisance offence during sweeping exercises

Factual Background In November 2016, 21 persons were charged with the offence of common nuisance contrary to section 168 of the Penal Code. The police alleged that they were found…

Staff Writer22 December 2016

INTERNATIONAL DAY TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST SEX WORKERS Criminal JusticeEquality RightsResources

INTERNATIONAL DAY TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST SEX WORKERS

17 December is celebrated as International Day on no Violence against Sex Workers. As the world remembers this day we are reminded of the challenges facing sex workers in all…

Staff Writer17 December 2016

International Human Rights Day: SALC looks back on key developments and challenges in 2016 Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights ResourcesCriminal Justice ResourcesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights Resources

International Human Rights Day: SALC looks back on key developments and challenges in 2016

Every year, on 10 December, the world celebrates International Human Rights Day – the day the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly…

Staff Writer9 December 2016

Malawi protecting women from illegal land seizure ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesMalawiSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights News

Malawi protecting women from illegal land seizure

8 December 2016, Malawi – On Friday 2 December 2016, the High Court of Malawi, sitting in Mzuzu, dismissed an action brought by the Plaintiffs, an elite couple, against two…

Staff Writer8 December 2016

[CALL FOR APPLICATIONS] REMOVING LEGAL BARRIERS TO PRISON HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS: LEGAL TRAINING FOR AFRICAN LAWYERS Criminal Justice Prison ReformEquality Rights HealthTraining

[CALL FOR APPLICATIONS] REMOVING LEGAL BARRIERS TO PRISON HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS: LEGAL TRAINING FOR AFRICAN LAWYERS

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is a regional non-profit organisation that works to advance human rights and protect the rule of law in southern Africa. With funding though the…

Staff Writer29 November 2016

South Africa: Challenging NPA inaction for TRC related prosecutions International JusticeInternational Justice Completed CasesInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture Completed CasesSouth Africa

South Africa: Challenging NPA inaction for TRC related prosecutions

Nkadimeng v the National Director of Public Prosecutions and others SALC is supporting the family of Nokuthula Simelane to compel the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to either refer the disappearance…

Staff Writer28 November 2016

Criminal trespass charge used to force Ntenge residents off their customary land: Mwape Wellington & 2 Others v The People Socio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights Ongoing CasesSocio-economic Rights Ongoing CasesZambia

Criminal trespass charge used to force Ntenge residents off their customary land: Mwape Wellington & 2 Others v The People

SALC is currently collaborating with the Muchinda Royal Establishment and the Zambia Land Alliance (ZLA) to support an appeal challenging the use of the offence of criminal trespass to force…

Staff Writer25 November 2016

ICC Withdrawals: Is Africa running away from justice? International JusticeSeminars and Conferences

ICC Withdrawals: Is Africa running away from justice?

SALC and The Hague based Africa Legal Aid (AFLA) hosted a side event entitled, “ICC Withdrawals: Is Africa Running Away from Justice?” on the margins of the 2016 International Criminal…

Staff Writer18 November 2016

South Africa/Sudan: Case challenging the State’s failure to implement the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Al Bashir International JusticeInternational Justice Completed CasesInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes Completed CasesSouth Africa

South Africa/Sudan: Case challenging the State’s failure to implement the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Al Bashir

SALC sought the implementation of an arrest warrant for Sudan’s President Omar al Bashir who arrived in South Africa for the African Union (AU) summit that took place in Johannesburg…

Staff Writer18 November 2016

STATEMENT: CALL TO JOIN WEEK OF MOURNING FOR THE DEMISE OF THE SADC TRIBUNAL Civic RightsSADC

STATEMENT: CALL TO JOIN WEEK OF MOURNING FOR THE DEMISE OF THE SADC TRIBUNAL

15 November 2016 On 18 November 2005, the Southern African Development Community Tribunal (SADC Tribunal) was inaugurated. It was established to hear disputes of not only Southern African states but…

Staff Writer15 November 2016

Can SADC pass the Lesotho-test? ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsSADC

Can SADC pass the Lesotho-test?

Daily Maverick By Annabel Raw At the end of October, the Lesotho Court of Appeal gave judgment in an important case relating to efforts by the Southern Africa Development Community…

Staff Writer10 November 2016

Police will comply with ConCourt judgment International Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Police will comply with ConCourt judgment

The SAPS said on Thursday it will comply with the Constitutional Court’s order to investigate claims of torture against senior Zimbabwean officials. “In principle, this is the end of the…

Staff Writer3 November 2016

Lesotho Court of Appel decision on SADC Commission of Inquiry Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsLesotho

Lesotho Court of Appel decision on SADC Commission of Inquiry

On Friday 28 October 2016, the Lesotho Court of Appeal, per Farlam AP, handed down judgment in the case of Tefo Hashatsi v Prime Minister and 5 Others. A year…

Staff Writer1 November 2016