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SADC TRIBUNAL PETITION

The leaders of southern Africa are pulling apart a regional court which they put in place to protect the rights of individuals in the region – the Southern Africa Development Community…

Staff Writer11 May 2015

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Swazi judiciary leaves activists in lurch

Caroline James Business Day ON MAY 1 last year, Swazi political activists Mario Masuku and Maxwell Dlamini attended a commemoration of May Day in Manzini, Swaziland. Masuku spoke about his…

Staff Writer30 April 2015

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Submission to the HRC on coerced sterilisation in Namibia

SUBMISSION TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE REGARDING THE FORCED AND COERCED STERILISATION OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS IN NAMIBIA: SUBMITTED IN ADVANCE OF THE CONSIDERATION OF THE LIST OF ISSUES…

Staff Writer25 April 2015

More than 100 African organisations call on the African Commission to hold South Africa to task over xenophobic attacks Equality RightsEquality Rights NewsSouth Africa

More than 100 African organisations call on the African Commission to hold South Africa to task over xenophobic attacks

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and over 100 other civil society organisations (CSOs) throughout the African continent today called upon the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights to…

Staff Writer23 April 2015

OPEN LETTER TO THE AFRICAN COMMISSION REGARDING THE XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS IN SOUTH AFRICA Criminal JusticeEquality RightsSouth Africa

OPEN LETTER TO THE AFRICAN COMMISSION REGARDING THE XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Dear Chair and Commissioners of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, write to you as concerned organisations and citizens of the African…

Staff Writer23 April 2015

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Swaziland Judicial Crisis Timeline

Caroline James 22 February 2013 Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi, appeals a decision by the Swaziland Revenue Authority (SRA) to tax him on a gratuity he received and to impose a…

Staff Writer22 April 2015

OPEN LETTER-SALC URGES SADC TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST XENOPHOBIA Criminal JusticeEquality Rights

OPEN LETTER-SALC URGES SADC TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST XENOPHOBIA

Dear SADC Chair, The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is deeply concerned about the recent attacks against foreign nationals in South Africa that have claimed several lives including that of…

Staff Writer22 April 2015

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When the dust settles, who will provide justice for xenophobia victims?

Angela Mudukuti Thought Leader, Mail&Guardian The deplorable and execrable attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa have exposed many alarming gaps and inadequacies. Gaps in leadership at the domestic and…

Staff Writer22 April 2015

BOTSWANA: ARV CASE RULING APRIL 29 BotswanaCriminal Justice Prison ReformEquality Rights Health

BOTSWANA: ARV CASE RULING APRIL 29

Justice Terrence Rannowane of Gaborone High Court will, on April 29, deliver a ruling in the case in which the Attorney Generals (AGs) wants the court to grant a stay of…

Staff Writer15 April 2015

MEDIA ADVISORY: STATE SEEKS TO STOP ENFORCEMENT OF COURT ORDER TO PROVIDE ARVS TO FOREIGN PRISONERS Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Prison ReformEquality Rights Health

MEDIA ADVISORY: STATE SEEKS TO STOP ENFORCEMENT OF COURT ORDER TO PROVIDE ARVS TO FOREIGN PRISONERS

Gaborone –The Gaborone High Court will tomorrow hear an urgent application brought by the Attorney General who seeks to stay the execution of an order granted by the High Court in…

Staff Writer7 April 2015

Don’t be slaves of precedent, judges told ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights Disability ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesSADCSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights News

Don’t be slaves of precedent, judges told

The Patriot 18 January 2015 High Court of Botswana Judge Key Dingake has called on judges and magistrates to use their judicial powers to ensure that the rights of vulnerable…

Staff Writer1 April 2015

Lawyers, rights groups rally around author of ‘Blood diamonds’, facing jail 31 March 2015 AngolaCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Resources

Lawyers, rights groups rally around author of ‘Blood diamonds’, facing jail 31 March 2015

All Africa New York — The Southern Africa Litigation Centre, Amnesty International and over a dozen other human rights organisations including the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights have…

Staff Writer1 April 2015

Courts urged to protect vulnerable groups Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights ResourcesEquality Rights WomenMalawi

Courts urged to protect vulnerable groups

Blantyre, March 25: The Judiciary has been urged to interpret and fashion the law to ensure fulfillment of principle of equality on the various vulnerable groups in the country. Chief Justice…

Staff Writer25 March 2015

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Fighting TB with prisoners’ rights

Thought Leader By Annabel Raw Today is World Tuberculosis Day, commemorating the discovery of the cause of the disease in 1882. Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease with traces in…

Staff Writer24 March 2015

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Court set up intimidatory-judiciary

Malawi Nation 22 March 2015 The court set up and the way proceedings are conducted is intimidatory to people, including witnesses, Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda has said. The Chief Justice…

Staff Writer24 March 2015

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Women consent to sex

Malawi Nation 22 March 2015 A Supreme Court judge has said courts should not regard silence of a girl or woman as consent to sexual intercourse. The judge, Lovemore Chikopa,…

Staff Writer24 March 2015

STATEMENT: THE SOUTHERN AFRICA LITIGATION CENTRE CONDEMNS THE USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AGAINST SWAZI LAWYER, THULANI MASEKO Civic RightsCriminal JusticeEswatini

STATEMENT: THE SOUTHERN AFRICA LITIGATION CENTRE CONDEMNS THE USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AGAINST SWAZI LAWYER, THULANI MASEKO

Johannesburg: The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) expresses its deepest concern at reports from Swaziland that Thulani Maseko, a prominent human rights lawyer convicted of contempt of court and serving a…

Staff Writer23 March 2015

OPEN LETTER FROM HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREE PRESS GROUPS CALLING FOR CHARGES AGAINST RAFAEL MARQUES DE MORAIS TO BE DROPPED AngolaCriminal Justice

OPEN LETTER FROM HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREE PRESS GROUPS CALLING FOR CHARGES AGAINST RAFAEL MARQUES DE MORAIS TO BE DROPPED

Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais wrote a book, and for that, he could go to jail. His book, published in Portugal in 2011, alleges serious human rights violations committed by…

Staff Writer23 March 2015

What’s the heavy-handed crackdown on free speech in Swaziland? ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEswatini

What’s the heavy-handed crackdown on free speech in Swaziland?

Thought Leader, Mail & Guardian 18 March 2015 By Caroline James Remembering Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu — one year on… Can you remember what you were doing 365 days…

Staff Writer18 March 2015

JOINT STATEMENT-ANGOLA: DETAINED ACTIVISTS MUST BE IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY FREED AngolaCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Expression

JOINT STATEMENT-ANGOLA: DETAINED ACTIVISTS MUST BE IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY FREED

The Angolan authorities must immediately and unconditionally release two human rights defenders who were detained solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in the country’s…

Staff Writer18 March 2015