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Zambia’s prisoner transfer agreement

Annabel Raw The Zambian Prison Service has recently concluded a multilateral agreement with a number of Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states to transfer foreign prisoners to their countries of nationality,…
Staff Writer
19 January 2015
Using the court to protect vulnerable people: Perspectives from the judiciary and legal profession
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Using the court to protect vulnerable people: Perspectives from the judiciary and legal profession

In February and March 2014 the Southern Africa Litigation Centre, the National Association of Women Judges and Magistrates (Botswana) and the judiciaries in Malawi and Zambia co-hosted judicial colloquia on…
Staff Writer
24 December 2014
SALC’S submission to the committee on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women regarding the government of Namibia Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights ResourcesNamibiaSubmissions

SALC’S submission to the committee on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women regarding the government of Namibia

Introduction In advance of the consideration of Namibia’s fourth and fifth periodic report to the Committee for the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (the Committee), the Southern…
Staff Writer
11 December 2014
Litigation Centre comes of age 28 November to 4 December 2014 ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights NewsInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsSADCSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsSouth Africa

Litigation Centre comes of age 28 November to 4 December 2014

The Mail & Guardian Nicole Fritz and Priti Patel’s young institution has recently scored major victories in protecting the rights of people in Southern Africa Nicole Fritz and Priti Patel,…
Staff Writer
9 December 2014
JOINT STATEMENT RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS WELCOME THE DECISION OF AFRICAN COURT TO STRIKE DOWN BURKINA FASO’S CRIMINAL DEFAMATION LAW AND CALL ON AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS TO REPEAL SIMILAR LAWS Criminal Justice

JOINT STATEMENT RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS WELCOME THE DECISION OF AFRICAN COURT TO STRIKE DOWN BURKINA FASO’S CRIMINAL DEFAMATION LAW AND CALL ON AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS TO REPEAL SIMILAR LAWS

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) joins other media and human rights organisations in welcoming last Friday’s decision of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the case…
Staff Writer
8 December 2014
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The courts: Lights that guide our foreign affairs?

SAIIA 6 November 2014 By Nicole Fritz Governance and APRM Programme South Africa’s constitutional democracy reserves a specific role for the judiciary in upholding human rights. This responsibility inevitably has…
Staff Writer
7 December 2014
Astounding victory as Botswana High Court asserts right of lesbians and gays to register their own organisation BotswanaCivic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights News

Astounding victory as Botswana High Court asserts right of lesbians and gays to register their own organisation

Gaborone – Today, the Gaborone High Court delivered judgment in a case concerning the Department of Labour and Home Affairs’ refusal to register the organisation Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana…
Staff Writer
14 November 2014

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