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Mphembedzu V Republic Criminal Justice Prison ReformEquality Rights HealthMalawi

Mphembedzu V Republic

This case concerns the rights of detainees and the significance of health considerations in determining bail in Malawi. It followed the arrest of a 15 year old boy, Mr Mphembedzu, on…

Staff Writer30 April 2012

SALC and its partners chart a roadmap to increase availability of and access to cervical cancer services in Southern Africa Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights NewsNamibiaZambia

SALC and its partners chart a roadmap to increase availability of and access to cervical cancer services in Southern Africa

From 25 – 26 April 2012, SALC will host a meeting to discuss an advocacy strategy aimed at increasing access to and availability of cervical cancer prevention and treatment services…

Staff Writer24 April 2012

Malawi: Health considerations in bail hearings in Malawi – Mphembedzu v The Republic Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Completed CasesCriminal Justice Criminal Prison Reform Completed CasesCriminal Justice Prison ReformEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesMalawi

Malawi: Health considerations in bail hearings in Malawi – Mphembedzu v The Republic

Last year SALC secured bail for a seriously ill prisoner in the case of Mphembedzu v The Republic MHC Bail Case No. 70 of 2011. This case sought to profile health issues…

Staff Writer23 April 2012

Chief reduced to domestic worker ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesLesotho

Chief reduced to domestic worker

The Mail&Guardian 30 March 2012 In Lesotho, Tabitha Phaloane was a village chief, governing the affairs of about 3 000 rural people. In Johannesburg she is a domestic worker, taking…

Staff Writer30 March 2012

Landmark case exposes legal divides ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Landmark case exposes legal divides

The Mail&Guardian Divisions within the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) continued to widen in the North Gauteng High Court on Thursday with state prosecutor Chris Macadam accusing his colleague, Anton Ackermann,…

Staff Writer30 March 2012

‘Do diplomatic ties trump human rights?’ ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

‘Do diplomatic ties trump human rights?’

IOL A Pretoria High Court judge questioned what recourse the victims of crimes against humanity in Zimbabwe had, if the South African police and the National Prosecuting Authority refused to…

Staff Writer29 March 2012

Prosecutor ‘swaps sides’ in Harare rights case ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Prosecutor ‘swaps sides’ in Harare rights case

The Business Day CITING threats and intimidation from his colleagues, the head of the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA’s) Priority Crimes Litigation Unit, Anton Ackermann, has switched sides and come out…

Staff Writer27 March 2012

Zimbabwe torture victims turn to SA courts ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Zimbabwe torture victims turn to SA courts

Daily Maverick Diplomatic relations between South Africa and Zimbabwe have been a far cry from what they were during the Thabo Mbeki’s “quiet diplomacy”. A case currently being heard in…

Staff Writer27 March 2012

Menzi Simelane behind bid to thwart Zimbabwe torture probe ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Menzi Simelane behind bid to thwart Zimbabwe torture probe

The Mail&Guardian Suspended prosecutions boss Menzi Simelane appears to be at the centre of an attempt to thwart the prosecution in South Africa of Zimbabwean government officials accused of torture.…

Staff Writer26 March 2012

SADC lapses deals Nigeria a prized ace ArticlesSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights ResourcesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

SADC lapses deals Nigeria a prized ace

The Mail& Guardian The authoritarian reaction of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to a judgment handed down by the SADC Tribunal in favour of dispossessed Zimbabwean farmers could blow…

Staff Writer16 March 2012

Bid to revive SADC Tribunal to get hearing ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsZimbabwe

Bid to revive SADC Tribunal to get hearing

Business Day THE African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has made a preliminary ruling that it will hear a complaint about the effective suspension of the Southern African Development…

Staff Writer13 March 2012

HRC panel on sexual orientation, 7 March 2012 Civic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsEswatiniMalawiMozambiqueSADCZimbabwe

HRC panel on sexual orientation, 7 March 2012

On 7 March 2012, the UN Human Rights Council’s 19th session will hold a panel discussion on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. The panel will be opened by the UN…

Anneke Meerkotter6 March 2012

Closing the impunity gap – Southern Africa’s role in securing justice for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda International JusticeResearch Reports & Policy BriefsSeminars and Conferences

Closing the impunity gap – Southern Africa’s role in securing justice for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre and REDRESS are pleased to share the Report, Closing the Impunity Gap – Southern Africa’s Role in Securing Justice for the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. The…

Staff Writer27 February 2012

Swazi editor flees to South Africa in fear of his life ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

Swazi editor flees to South Africa in fear of his life

The Mail&Guardian The sacked chief editor of the Swazi Observer newspaper said on Monday that he has fled to South Africa in fear of his life after receiving a tip-off…

Staff Writer27 February 2012

Lesotho Constitutional Court to hear challenge to chieftainship law Equality RightsEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenLesothoSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights News

Lesotho Constitutional Court to hear challenge to chieftainship law

On 22 and 23 February 2012, the Lesotho Constitutional Court will hear a case challenging a women’s right to succeed to chieftainship in Lesotho. The case brought by Senate Masupha,…

Staff Writer20 February 2012

Defending the rights of LGBTI at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council Session AngolaCivic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights News

Defending the rights of LGBTI at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council Session

For proponents of the principle that everyone is entitled to the same human rights irrespective of their sexual orientation or gender identity, February 2012 started disappointingly: On 7 February 2012,…

Anneke Meerkotter17 February 2012

South African court to hear Zimbabwe torture cases ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

South African court to hear Zimbabwe torture cases

News Day JOHANNESBURG — Two civil society groups on Monday launched a legal bid to compel South African authorities to investigate and prosecute Zimbabwean officials accused of crimes against humanity.…

Staff Writer15 February 2012

Judicial strike in Malawi has serious repercussions on pretrial justice Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Resources

Judicial strike in Malawi has serious repercussions on pretrial justice

Since the 9 January 2012 administrative staff from the Ministry of Justice have been on strike in Malawi. At issue is a government promise almost five years ago to grant…

Staff Writer13 February 2012

Regional litigators ask South African court to prosecute Zimbabwean rights abusers ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Regional litigators ask South African court to prosecute Zimbabwean rights abusers

VOA The Southern African Litigation Center and the Zimbabwe Exiles Forum want the South African High Court to oblige authorities to investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean…

Staff Writer13 February 2012

SADC Tribunal – Calls for reinstatement region in legal limbo ArticlesEswatiniInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesMalawiNamibiaSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsTanzaniaZimbabwe

SADC Tribunal – Calls for reinstatement region in legal limbo

Financial Mail A host of legal organisations have started to ratchet up pressure on regional governments to restore the functioning of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) tribunal. Its work…

Staff Writer2 February 2012