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MALAWI HIGH COURT ISSUES NARROW DECISION ON STANDING Civic RightsMalawi

MALAWI HIGH COURT ISSUES NARROW DECISION ON STANDING

Over 6 years after hearing arguments, the Constitutional Court in Malawi issued in February a unanimous decision in Constitutional-Court-Judgment, a challenge to section 17 of the Married Women Property Rights, which…

Priti Patel20 March 2014

Statement: Irregular Arrest and Detention of Swazi Lawyer and Journalist is Alarming, Says Joint Statement by African Legal Bodies Criminal Justice

Statement: Irregular Arrest and Detention of Swazi Lawyer and Journalist is Alarming, Says Joint Statement by African Legal Bodies

Johannesburg: The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), SADC Lawyers Association (SADC LA) and Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) express their deepest concern at the irregular arrests and detentions of prominent Swazi…

Staff Writer20 March 2014

News Release: Botswana Government Ordered to Provide HIV Treatment to Non-Citizen Prisoners Criminal Justice

News Release: Botswana Government Ordered to Provide HIV Treatment to Non-Citizen Prisoners

Gaborone, 18 March – In another important legal victory for human rights in Botswana, the High Court in Gaborone yesterday ordered the government to provide HIV treatment to all non-citizen prisoners.…

Staff Writer18 March 2014

Media Advisory: Supreme Court of Namibia to Hear Coerced Sterilization Case Criminal JusticeEquality Rights HealthNamibia

Media Advisory: Supreme Court of Namibia to Hear Coerced Sterilization Case

Windhoek – On Monday 17 March 2014, the Supreme Court of Namibia will hear arguments in Government of the Republic of Namibia v L.M. and Others, a case challenging the coerced sterilisation of…

Staff Writer14 March 2014

SALC lawyer a “Woman to watch” Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights ResourcesSouth Africa

SALC lawyer a “Woman to watch”

SALC’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights Programme Project Lawyer Nyasha Chingore made the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)  “Women to Watch in 2014″ list. To mark International Women’s Day, which…

Nyasha Chingore10 March 2014

Zambia court acquits top gay rights activist Equality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights ResourcesZambia

Zambia court acquits top gay rights activist

Aljazeera Paul Kasonkomona found not guilty of encouraging homosexuality after talking about gay rights and AIDS on TV. A Zambia court has acquitted a prominent gay rights activist charged with…

Staff Writer26 February 2014

Zambia: Activist defends right to freedom of expression Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly Completed CasesCivic Rights Completed CasesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ Completed CasesZambia

Zambia: Activist defends right to freedom of expression

Paul Kasonkomona is a respected HIV activist and National Coordinator of Engender Rights-Zambia. On 7 April 2013, Kasonkomona was arrested outside Muvi TV station after he appeared on a television…

Staff Writer25 February 2014

Lawyer hails ruling in Kasonkomona case Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights ResourcesZambia

Lawyer hails ruling in Kasonkomona case

IOL Lusaka – A Zambian court on Tuesday cleared prominent rights activist Paul Kasonkomona of encouraging homosexuality after he called for gay rights to be recognised during an appearance on…

Staff Writer25 February 2014

News Release: Major Boost for Free Speech in Zambia as Court Acquits HIV Activist Equality Rights HealthZambia

News Release: Major Boost for Free Speech in Zambia as Court Acquits HIV Activist

Lusaka, 25 February – After a lengthy legal process, the renowned Zambian human rights and HIV activist, Paul Kasonkomona, was acquitted today by the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court on charges relating to…

Staff Writer25 February 2014

CSOs must speak for voiceless – ZCS Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights ResourcesZambia

CSOs must speak for voiceless – ZCS

Post Zambia CIVIL society organisations have an obligation to speak up on behalf of the people because lawmakers base policies on the voices they hear, says the Zambian Cancer Society.…

Staff Writer24 February 2014

Media Advisory: Blantyre High Court to Hear Case on Mandatory HIV Testing Criminal JusticeEquality Rights HealthMalawi

Media Advisory: Blantyre High Court to Hear Case on Mandatory HIV Testing

Lilongwe – On Tuesday 25th February, the High Court in Blantyre, Malawi will hear arguments on whether the police and medical personnel violated the rights of eleven women by subjecting…

Staff Writer24 February 2014

News Release: Botswana High Court Should Order Government to Provide HIV Treatment to Non-Citizen Prisoners, Says BONELA Criminal Justice

News Release: Botswana High Court Should Order Government to Provide HIV Treatment to Non-Citizen Prisoners, Says BONELA

Gaborone, February 7 – The Botswana Network on Ethics Law and HIV (BONELA) and two prisoners have filed a case in the High Court seeking an order mandating the government to…

Staff Writer7 February 2014

SALC challenges SA police appeal to Constitutional Court International Justice ResourcesInternational Justice TortureSouth AfricaZimbabwe

SALC challenges SA police appeal to Constitutional Court

All Africa 20 January 2014 The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and the Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEF) – through Lawyers for Human Rights – are challenging the South African Police…

Staff Writer24 January 2014

Zambia: What’s In The Draft Constitution? Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights ResourcesZambia

Zambia: What’s In The Draft Constitution?

All Africa ANALYSIS, OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA The final draft of Zambia’s new Constitution, which had been hidden from public view by President Sata until it was leaked…

Staff Writer20 January 2014

A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF ZAMBIA’S CONSTITUTION-MAKING PROCESS AND THE ‘LEAKED’ FINAL DRAFT CONSTITUTION Civic RightsResourcesZambia

A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF ZAMBIA’S CONSTITUTION-MAKING PROCESS AND THE ‘LEAKED’ FINAL DRAFT CONSTITUTION

On the 15th of January 2014 the Zambian Watchdog and Lusaka Times released a ‘leaked’ copy of the final draft constitution which was reportedly handed to President Sata. One of President Sata’s promises in the run-up to…

Staff Writer16 January 2014

SA accused of ‘abusing’ courts after fresh torture case appeal International Justice ResourcesInternational Justice TortureSouth AfricaZimbabwe

SA accused of ‘abusing’ courts after fresh torture case appeal

SW Radio Africa The South African authorities have been accused of abusing the country’s court processes, after filing another appeal against a landmark order to probe crimes against humanity committed…

Staff Writer16 January 2014

Gay-rights activist’s trial nears final stages Equality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights ResourcesZambia

Gay-rights activist’s trial nears final stages

All Africa On 20 February 2014, a preliminary ruling will be made in the case of The People v Kasonkomona in the Lusaka Magistrates Court. The ruling will determine if…

Staff Writer16 January 2014

South Africa/Zimbabwe: Case challenging NPA’s refusal to investigate cases of torture committed in Zimbabwe International JusticeInternational Justice Completed CasesInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture Completed CasesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

South Africa/Zimbabwe: Case challenging NPA’s refusal to investigate cases of torture committed in Zimbabwe

In 2008, SALC submitted a dossier to the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) containing comprehensive evidence of the involvement of eighteen Zimbabwean security officials in perpetrating torture, and requested…

Staff Writer11 January 2014

Zimbabwe torture case drags on International Justice ResourcesInternational Justice TortureSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Zimbabwe torture case drags on

The Independent THE South African Police Service (Saps) has lodged an appeal at South Africa’s Constitutional Court against that country’s Supreme Court ruling compelling them to investigate and possibly arrest…

Staff Writer10 January 2014

Botswana health bill controversy… BotswanaEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Resources

Botswana health bill controversy…

Weekend Post Parliament is divided on whether to pass the Health Bill or not. Some Members of Parliament have expressed concern that the Bill needs further consultation while the executive…

Staff Writer14 December 2013