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Thinking beyond a moratorium on prosecution of same-sex sexual acts in Malawi ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawi

Thinking beyond a moratorium on prosecution of same-sex sexual acts in Malawi

By Tashwill Esterhuizen In 2012, we saw a shift in the policy of the Executive branch of the Malawian Government towards sexual minorities. It committed itself to upholding regional, international…

Staff Writer14 March 2016

Malawi: Advancing the best interests of the child in decisions relating to the incarceration of caregivers Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Completed CasesCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women Completed CasesMalawi

Malawi: Advancing the best interests of the child in decisions relating to the incarceration of caregivers

SALC is working with the Center for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) to advance best interests of children in decisions to incarcerate caregivers.  International guidelines recommend taking into account…

Staff Writer11 March 2016

SALC CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Equality Rights WomenSADC

SALC CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

The 8th of March is celebrated across the world as International Women’s Day. It is a time to reflect on the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, to call…

Nyasha Chingore8 March 2016

NEWS RELEASE: CHREAA AND SALC SUBMIT SHADOW REPORT ON MALAWI TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD Equality RightsMalawi

NEWS RELEASE: CHREAA AND SALC SUBMIT SHADOW REPORT ON MALAWI TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

Concerned about the situation of children in the country, Malawi’s Center for Human Rights Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) has joined forces with the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) to…

Staff Writer3 March 2016

Submission to CRC on Malawi Criminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice ResourcesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights ResourcesEquality Rights WomenSubmissions

Submission to CRC on Malawi

Submission to the committee on the rights of the child regarding the government of Malawi’s combined third, fourth and fifth periodic In advance of the preparation of the list of…

Staff Writer2 March 2016

Reaching zero discrimination in healthcare Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights ResourcesSADC

Reaching zero discrimination in healthcare

  NY Blade 1 March is Zero Discrimination Day, a day to celebrate diversity and strengthen our resolve for inclusive societies free from discrimination and inequality. The impact of stigma…

Staff Writer1 March 2016

Four former apartheid-era guards on trial over 1983 student murder International Justice ResourcesInternational Justice TortureSouth Africa

Four former apartheid-era guards on trial over 1983 student murder

The Guardian Nokuthula Simelane, a student and ANC courier, vanished after being abducted and tortured by police during apartheid regime. Four former members of apartheid-era security forces are due to…

Staff Writer26 February 2016

Justice for Nokuthula, please ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSouth Africa

Justice for Nokuthula, please

IOL By Angela Mudukuti The first prosecution of apartheid-era perpetrators in nine years could see the suspected killers of a student in court, writes Angela Mudukuti. Last week was a…

Staff Writer19 February 2016

Lawyer for detained Lesotho soldiers arrested Civic Rights Judicial IndependenceCivic Rights ResourcesLesotho

Lawyer for detained Lesotho soldiers arrested

14 February 2016 ENCA JOHANNESBURG – Prominent Lesotho lawyer Khotso Nthontho, one of five legal men on an alleged “hit list” circulated late last year, was arrested on charges of…

Staff Writer15 February 2016

NEWS RELEASE: CALL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF DETAINED SOLDIERS FOLLOWING THE REPORT OF SADC COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON LESOTHO Criminal Justice

NEWS RELEASE: CALL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF DETAINED SOLDIERS FOLLOWING THE REPORT OF SADC COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON LESOTHO

Johannesburg, 10 February 2016 – The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) and Amnesty International (AI) call for the immediate release on bail and guarantees of humane treatment and a fair…

Staff Writer12 February 2016

Court Diary: Swaziland Constitutional Challenges, Day 4 Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionEswatini

Court Diary: Swaziland Constitutional Challenges, Day 4

Caroline James On Tuesday, 9 February 2016 the High Court in Swaziland concluded the hearing on the constitutionality of the Sedition and Subversive Activities Act and the Suppression of Terrorism…

Staff Writer10 February 2016

Court Diary: Swaziland Constitutional Challenges, Day 3 Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionEswatini

Court Diary: Swaziland Constitutional Challenges, Day 3

Caroline James On Monday, 8 February 2016, the Swazi High Court continued hearing applications challenging the constitutionality of the Sedition and Subversive Activities Act and the Suppression of Terrorism Act.…

Staff Writer8 February 2016

Court Diary: MISA-Zimbabwe and Others v Minister of Justice and Another Criminal JusticeInternational Justice

Court Diary: MISA-Zimbabwe and Others v Minister of Justice and Another

Caroline James On Wednesday, 3 February 2016, the Constitutional Court in Zimbabwe heard an application brought by the Zimbabwe Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA Zimbabwe) against…

Staff Writer4 February 2016

Zimbabwe: Challenging the Constitutionality of the Criminal Defamation Offence Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly Completed CasesCivic Rights Completed CasesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression Completed CasesZimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Challenging the Constitutionality of the Criminal Defamation Offence

In 2014, the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ruled that the offence of Criminal Defamation was unconstitutional under the former constitution. However, the Court stated that “t might also be argued…

Staff Writer3 February 2016

[PRESS BRIEFING] LESOTHO RULE OF LAW CRISIS Civic RightsLesotho

[PRESS BRIEFING] LESOTHO RULE OF LAW CRISIS

On Monday 1 February 2016, two important events are scheduled in Lesotho that stand to have important effects on the country’s prospects for peace and stability and to indicate the…

Staff Writer29 January 2016

Endangering lawyers and the rule of law in Lesotho and Swaziland ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatiniLesothoRule of Law

Endangering lawyers and the rule of law in Lesotho and Swaziland

Annabel Raw & Caroline James Friday 22 January is the international Day of the Endangered Lawyer. It is a day in which we draw focus on those in the legal profession…

Staff Writer22 January 2016

UN working group on arbitrary detention calls for release of human rights activist José Marcos Mavungo AngolaCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Resources

UN working group on arbitrary detention calls for release of human rights activist José Marcos Mavungo

All Africa WASHINGTON, Jan. 06, 2016 —The American Bar Association Center for Human Rights, Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT France), Front Line Defenders, the Southern African…

Staff Writer6 January 2016

UPR Pre-Session on Namibia Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights ResourcesNamibiaSubmissions

UPR Pre-Session on Namibia

In December 2015, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) was invited to participate in the pre-session of the second cycle of Namibia’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). At the pre-session, SALC…

Staff Writer6 January 2016

SALC PARTICIPATES IN UPR PRE-SESSION ON NAMIBIA Criminal JusticeNamibiaResources

SALC PARTICIPATES IN UPR PRE-SESSION ON NAMIBIA

In December 2015, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) was invited to participate in the pre-session of the second cycle of Namibia’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). At the pre-session, SALC…

Staff Writer6 January 2016

Court Diary: Lesotho Soldier Challenges the SADC Commission of Inquiry Civic RightsLesotho

Court Diary: Lesotho Soldier Challenges the SADC Commission of Inquiry

Annabel Raw On 2 and 3 December 2015, SALC attended a hearing in the Maseru High Court in Hashatsi v the Prime Minister and Others. The case relates to a Commission…

Staff Writer9 December 2015