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Southern African Civil Society calls for a revision of the Botswana public health bill BotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights NewsSADC

Southern African Civil Society calls for a revision of the Botswana public health bill

11 December 2012–In the week of International Human Rights Day, marked on 10 December, the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA), the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern…

Staff Writer12 December 2012

Will Uganda parliament square off against human rights? Civic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsZambiaZimbabwe

Will Uganda parliament square off against human rights?

International Human Rights Day Over the past two decades, parliaments in Africa have increasingly entrenched human rights in their national constitutions. These constitutions require that governments protect and promote human…

Staff Writer10 December 2012

LTTE lobby pressures SA to reject Deputy HC Shavendra Silva ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

LTTE lobby pressures SA to reject Deputy HC Shavendra Silva

Colombo:  Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has petitioned South  African President Zuma against accepting Maj. Gen. Shavendra Silva as Sri Lanka  Deputy High Commissioner to South Africa. Nicole Fritz, Director…

Staff Writer10 December 2012

South Africa rejects Silva for Deputy Ambassadorship? ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

South Africa rejects Silva for Deputy Ambassadorship?

Tamilnet Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), a non-profit group that promotes human rights and rule of law in South Africa, noting that South Africa’s President is constitutionally mandated, in terms…

Staff Writer8 December 2012

Zambia High Court hears case on rights of HIV-positive prisoners: Update from the Courtroom Criminal JusticeResources

Zambia High Court hears case on rights of HIV-positive prisoners: Update from the Courtroom

On Monday, the Zambia High Court heard arguments in Mwanza and Another v Attorney General, a case challenging the poor prison conditions and the lack of adequate food provided to…

Staff Writer5 December 2012

Zambian inmates denied ARVS, court told ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Zambian inmates denied ARVS, court told

The Times Live Zambia’s High Court on Monday heard that HIV-positive prisoners were being denied access to life-prolonging drugs and a balanced diet, on the opening day of a landmark…

Staff Writer4 December 2012

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Zambian inmates denied ARV

  News24 4 December 2012 Lusaka – Zambia’s High Court on Monday heard that HIV-positive prisoners were being denied access to life-prolonging drugs and a balanced diet, on the opening…

Staff Writer4 December 2012

Zambian court to determine whether congestion and lack of food contravenes rights of prisoners with HIV ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Zambian court to determine whether congestion and lack of food contravenes rights of prisoners with HIV

  Zambian Watchdog Just two days after World AIDS Day, the Zambia High Court will hear and determine whether pathetic, inhuman prison conditions and lack of food in Zambia prisons…

Staff Writer3 December 2012

Rwanda cancels exiles’ passports ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSouth Africa

Rwanda cancels exiles’ passports

The Mail & Guardian 30 November 2012 The government of Rwanda has cancelled the passports of several key opposition leaders in exile, rendering some of these people stateless. This comes…

Staff Writer30 November 2012

MEDIA ADVISORY: ZAMBIA HIGH COURT TO HEAR CASE ON RIGHTS OF HIV+ PRISONERS Criminal Justice

MEDIA ADVISORY: ZAMBIA HIGH COURT TO HEAR CASE ON RIGHTS OF HIV+ PRISONERS

Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign (TALC)  ZAMBIA HIGH COURT TO DECIDE WHETHER HIV-POSITIVE PRISONERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD Lusaka – Just two…

Staff Writer30 November 2012

AU court to rule on SADC tribunal suspension ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSADC

AU court to rule on SADC tribunal suspension

The Zimbabwean In a landmark legal request, the African Court on Human and People’s Rights has been asked to use its advisory powers to determine whether the suspension of the…

Staff Writer26 November 2012

Tackling cervical cancer: Improving access to cervical cancer services in Southern Africa Equality RightsEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights ResourcesEquality Rights WomenResearch Reports & Policy BriefsSADC

Tackling cervical cancer: Improving access to cervical cancer services in Southern Africa

This report seeks to address the barriers to accessing cervical cancer services through providing information on the nature of cervical cancer and identifying the current availability of services for cervical…

Staff Writer24 November 2012

Judgment on the Anglican church case in Zimbabwe – a reminder to evaluate our values and principles Equality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights NewsZimbabwe

Judgment on the Anglican church case in Zimbabwe – a reminder to evaluate our values and principles

Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, President Mugabe and Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba at their meeting on 10 October 2011 On 19 November 2012, the Zimbabwe Supreme Court…

Staff Writer21 November 2012

Ensuring women’s equality critical to fighting HIV Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights WomenResources

Ensuring women’s equality critical to fighting HIV

  One of SALC’s partners, Mamoletsi Moletsi, recently published an opinion piece in Lesotho’s Public Eyereflecting on the importance of ensuring women’s equality if we are to effectively respond to HIV. In the piece…

Staff Writer20 November 2012

LESOTHO: ENSURING WOMEN’S EQUALITY Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights WomenLesotho

LESOTHO: ENSURING WOMEN’S EQUALITY

Last month, a High Court in Botswana struck down a customary law which denied women the right to inherit the family home. In the case, the Court found that such…

Staff Writer19 November 2012

Cervical cancer: Women’s lives are worth saving ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesNamibiaSADCZambia

Cervical cancer: Women’s lives are worth saving

Thought Leader, Mail & Guardian Nyasha Munazvo-Chingore & Priti Patel 13 November 2012 Around the world a woman dies of cervical cancer every two minutes. This is even worse in…

Staff Writer13 November 2012

The right to cervical cancer services in Southern Africa ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesSADC

The right to cervical cancer services in Southern Africa

The Lancet Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women in sub-Saharan Africa and is a leading cause of death in women in southern Africa. The disease is a…

Staff Writer12 November 2012

Are Southern African courts turning the tide on women’s rights? ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesLesothoNamibia

Are Southern African courts turning the tide on women’s rights?

City Press By Priti Patel Check out below SALC’s Deputy Director ‘s piece in the City Press this weekend on the current rash of women’s rights cases in southern Africa. Let us know what…

Staff Writer5 November 2012

Southern Africa: Governments failing to address cervical cancer ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesNamibiaSADCZambia

Southern Africa: Governments failing to address cervical cancer

Plus News JOHANNESBURG, 31 October 2012 (PlusNews) – Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in southern Africa, but new research reveals that governments’ attempts to…

Staff Writer1 November 2012

Health: ‘Minimal government action can prevent cervical cancer deaths in Southern Africa’ ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesNamibiaSADCZambia

Health: ‘Minimal government action can prevent cervical cancer deaths in Southern Africa’

Afrieqjet Cervical cancer deaths in Southern Africa – Governments in southern Africa must implement comprehensive policies on cervical cancer in order to substantially reduce the number of deaths from cervical…

Staff Writer1 November 2012