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HASHATSI COURT DIARY: LESOTHO SOLDIER CHALLENGES THE SADC COMMISSION OF INQUIRY Civic RightsInternational JusticeLesotho

HASHATSI COURT DIARY: LESOTHO SOLDIER CHALLENGES THE SADC COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

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 of…

Staff Writer9 December 2015

Another human rights fail Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights ResourcesSouth Africa

Another human rights fail

IOL 04 December 2015 Last week, the South African government dealt yet another devastating blow to its human rights record, as it voted against a UN Third Committee resolution on…

Staff Writer4 December 2015

Submission to the Ad Hoc Committee Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals Equality RightsSubmissions

Submission to the Ad Hoc Committee Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals

Submission to the ad hoc committee on probing violence against foreign nationals In August 2015, SALC made written submissions to the South African Ad Hoc Committee on Probing Violence against…

Staff Writer2 December 2015

South Africa choosing to vote against the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsSouth Africa

South Africa choosing to vote against the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) regrets that South Africa has chosen to vote against the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. The resolution, spearheaded by the Norway and…

Staff Writer27 November 2015

We join the bullies Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ResourcesInternational Justice ResourcesInternational Justice War CrimesSADC

We join the bullies

South Africa has voted against the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights defenders South Africa – along with 13 other countries including North Korea, Sudan, Syria, China,…

Staff Writer27 November 2015

DIiscussion on the ICC assembly of State parties International Justice ResourcesInternational Justice War CrimesSouth Africa

DIiscussion on the ICC assembly of State parties

SALC's Executive Director was interviewed on Rights and Recourse about the controversial developments at the 14th Session of the Assembly of State Parties at the Hague taking place from 18th-26th…

Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh23 November 2015

Bail to a woman who gave birth while in custody Equality RightsEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenMalawi

Bail to a woman who gave birth while in custody

Zomba–On Friday 13 November, the High Court of Malawi, sitting at Zomba granted bail pending review to a young woman who gave birth while she was in custody. The Applicant,…

Staff Writer17 November 2015

The dangerous accountability deficit in Malawi’s health sector ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawi

The dangerous accountability deficit in Malawi’s health sector

Annabel Raw Thought Leader Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world and is heavily dependent on aid. About 40% of its annual budget comes from international donors.…

Staff Writer12 November 2015

Court Diary: Law Society of Botswana v President of Botswana BotswanaCriminal Justice

Court Diary: Law Society of Botswana v President of Botswana

On Monday, 9 November 2015, the High Court in Gaborone heard an application brought by the Law Society of Botswana and Omphemetse Motumise challenging the procedure followed when judges are…

Caroline James10 November 2015

Unlawful Deportations in Botswana: A Catalogue of Affronts to the Rule of Law BotswanaCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform

Unlawful Deportations in Botswana: A Catalogue of Affronts to the Rule of Law

by Simon Crowther, SALC intern In what can only be described as a catalogue of affronts to the rule of law, Botswana has shamefully deported two Ugandan refugees – in…

Staff Writer10 November 2015

COURT DIARY – LAW SOCIETY OF BOTSWANA V PRESIDENT OF BOTSWANA BotswanaCivic Rights

COURT DIARY – LAW SOCIETY OF BOTSWANA V PRESIDENT OF BOTSWANA

On Monday, 9 November 2015, the High Court in Gaborone heard an application brought by the Law Society of Botswana and Omphemetse Motumise challenging the procedure followed when judges are…

Caroline James10 November 2015

STATEMENT: SALC CONDEMNS DEPORTATION OF REFUGEES FROM BOTSWANA BotswanaCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform

STATEMENT: SALC CONDEMNS DEPORTATION OF REFUGEES FROM BOTSWANA

06 November 2015 The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is deeply concerned about the safety of Ugandan refugees Musa Isabirye and Timothy Yamin who were deported to Uganda by Botswana…

Staff Writer9 November 2015

Read at the 57th Ordinary Session of the African Commission Civic RightsSADC

Read at the 57th Ordinary Session of the African Commission

Held in Banjul, Gambia, 4 – 18 November 2015 Your Excellency Chairperson of the African Commission,   Dear Commissioners,   State delegates and Participants The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC)…

Staff Writer6 November 2015

The strong arm of the Angolan government extends to Banjul NGO Forum AngolaCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice Resources

The strong arm of the Angolan government extends to Banjul NGO Forum

The Forum on the Participation of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the 57th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (NGO Forum) has just ended and what…

Staff Writer5 November 2015

Trampling on the rule of law in Lesotho ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights Judicial IndependenceCivic Rights Judicial Independence ArticlesCivic Rights NewsLesothoRule of Law

Trampling on the rule of law in Lesotho

Daily Maverick By Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh Lesotho has faced repeated political and security crises over many years. Politics in the impoverished mountain kingdom has been marked by coups and assassinations and…

Staff Writer30 October 2015

Two men wrongfully jailed in Swaziland Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights ResourcesEswatiniRule of Law

Two men wrongfully jailed in Swaziland

Jacaranda FM Former Swazi political prisoners Bheki Makhubu and Thulani Maseko have demanded multi-million rand settlements from King Mswati’s government for wrongful imprisonment. Makhubu, a newsmagazine editor, and Maseko, an…

Staff Writer23 October 2015

STATEMENT: THE SOUTHERN AFRICA LITIGATION CENTRE SUPPORTS SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS’ PROTEST Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionSouth Africa

STATEMENT: THE SOUTHERN AFRICA LITIGATION CENTRE SUPPORTS SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS’ PROTEST

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) stands in solidarity with students’ struggles against fee increments in South Africa.  We support the call for broader transformation at tertiary institutions and condemn…

Staff Writer22 October 2015

Why South Africa’s withdrawal from the ICC is a blow for victims of war crimes ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

Why South Africa’s withdrawal from the ICC is a blow for victims of war crimes

By Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh 18 October 2015 This past weekend, the ANC announced it would initiate a process for South Africa to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal…

Staff Writer20 October 2015

JOINT STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN ANGOLA AngolaCivic Rights

JOINT STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN ANGOLA

On 10 September, the European Parliament (EP) debated and adopted a resolution regarding Angola’s recent human rights record. The resolution calls for the release of all political prisoners and human…

Staff Writer17 October 2015

CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS CALL FOR RURAL WOMEN NOT TO BE NEGLECTED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2030 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Equality Rights WomenSADC

CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS CALL FOR RURAL WOMEN NOT TO BE NEGLECTED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2030 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

On this International Day of Rural Women, we the undersigned organisations, call on African governments to ensure that rural women are a central focus in the implementation of the newly…

Staff Writer15 October 2015