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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…
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8 December 2016
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[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…
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29 November 2016
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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…
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28 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…
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25 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…
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18 November 2016
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Lesotho: Palliative care for military prisoners

SALC supported a case brought by private lawyer, Advocate Mole Kumalo, to compel the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) to permit a soldier being held in detention to access medical care,…
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31 October 2016
SALC STATEMENT ON SOUTH AFRICA’S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE ICC AND WITHDRAWAL OF BASHIR CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CASE 24 OCTOBER International JusticeSouth Africa

SALC STATEMENT ON SOUTH AFRICA’S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE ICC AND WITHDRAWAL OF BASHIR CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CASE 24 OCTOBER

Johannesburg, October 24 – On 19th October 2016, the South African government submitted its Instrument of Withdrawal to the United Nations Secretary General seeking to commence the process of withdrawal…
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24 October 2016
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Withdrawal from the ICC – Curious and questionable

Daily Maverick By Angela Mudukuti On 19 October 2016, the South African government submitted its Instrument of Withdrawal to the United Nations Secretary General, stating that it had “the honour…
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24 October 2016
South Africa: Case challenging South Africa’s withdrawal from the ICC without parliamentary approval International JusticeInternational Justice Completed CasesInternational Justice War CrimesSouth Africa

South Africa: Case challenging South Africa’s withdrawal from the ICC without parliamentary approval

On 21 October 2016 the South African government announced that it had deposited its instrument of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with the United…
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21 October 2016
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Malawi: Challenging the use of the offence of living on the earnings of prostitution

In February 2016, 19 women were arrested and charged with the offence of living on the earnings of prostitution contrary to section 146 of the Penal Code. The women pleaded…
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28 September 2016

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