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MALAWI: CHALLENGE TO EXECUTIVE POWER TO SENTENCE CHILDREN IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW Criminal Justice

MALAWI: CHALLENGE TO EXECUTIVE POWER TO SENTENCE CHILDREN IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW

In Moyo v Republic, SALC is challenging in the Malawi Constitutional Court, Section 11(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act and Section 26 of the Malawi Penal Code, which grant…

Staff Writer13 December 2010

NAMIBIA: NAMIBIAN HIGH COURT CONTINUES TRIAL IN COERCED STERILIZATION OF HIV POSITIVE WOMEN CASE Uncategorized

NAMIBIA: NAMIBIAN HIGH COURT CONTINUES TRIAL IN COERCED STERILIZATION OF HIV POSITIVE WOMEN CASE

The Windhoek High Court will continue hearing the case of three HIV-positive women who were allegedly subjected to sterilization without their consent at public hospitals in Namibia on 18 January.…

Staff Writer13 December 2010

PRESS RELEASE: ZIMBABWE’S DIRTY DIAMONDS: TIME FOR RECLAMATION TO COME CLEAN Uncategorized

PRESS RELEASE: ZIMBABWE’S DIRTY DIAMONDS: TIME FOR RECLAMATION TO COME CLEAN

Johannesburg – With Zimbabwe’s diamond industry still shrouded in secrecy, the Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) and three Zimbabweans have petitioned South Africa’s New Reclamation Group for access to information…

Staff Writer13 December 2010

MALAWI: UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION Criminal Justice

MALAWI: UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION

SALC will be submitting four cases to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) arguing that the applicants’ right to liberty and due process were violated. The applicants…

Staff Writer13 December 2010

MALAWI: CHALLENGING UNREASONABLE OR EXCESSIVE BAIL Criminal Justice

MALAWI: CHALLENGING UNREASONABLE OR EXCESSIVE BAIL

SALC has approached the Chief Justice of Malawi seeking constitutional certification in a case challenging the extortionate and arbitrary level at which bail has been set for two Malawian prisoners.…

Staff Writer13 December 2010

AFRICAN COMMISSION: AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION GIVES GAY RIGHTS THE COLD SHOULDER Uncategorized

AFRICAN COMMISSION: AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION GIVES GAY RIGHTS THE COLD SHOULDER

In light of widespread attacks against homosexuals in African states, and the criminalisation of sexual orientation in some countries, gay and lesbian rights activists are outraged by the African Commission…

Staff Writer25 November 2010

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Malawi: Right to bail for terminally ill remandees

SALC is challenging the fact that terminally ill remandees have no opportunity to provide evidence to an independent arbiter on the state of their health. This presents a serious challenge…

Staff Writer21 November 2010

MALAWI: THE RIGHT TO BAIL AND UNREASONABLE DELAY BEFORE TRIAL Criminal Justice

MALAWI: THE RIGHT TO BAIL AND UNREASONABLE DELAY BEFORE TRIAL

In Mkula et al vs the Republic SALC advanced arguments that the length of detention of the applicants was in breach of their constitutional right to a trial within a…

Staff Writer20 November 2010

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SADC tribunal in limbo

The Namibian SADC heads of state have been accused of acting unconstitutionally by effectively suspending the work of the SADC Tribunal. The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) in Johannesburg says…

Staff Writer11 November 2010

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SADC review ‘denies citizens redress’

A RECENT decision by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit means an “effective suspension” of the Sadc tribunal, which will deny Sadc citizens redress, nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) said last…

Staff Writer8 November 2010

Southern Africa: More sterilisations of HIV-positive women uncovered ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenNamibiaSADCSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Southern Africa: More sterilisations of HIV-positive women uncovered

Plus News JOHANNESBURG, 30 August 2010 (PlusNews) – Veronica* did not realize she had been sterilized while giving birth to her daughter until four years later when, after failing to…

Staff Writer30 October 2010

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Condoms in prison debate rages

Mmegi Online The issue of whether to distribute condoms in prisons is a hot potato that has pitted the government against AIDS organisations. It has pitted Vice-President Mompati Merafhe, against…

Staff Writer5 October 2010

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No good reason to protect Rwandan fugitive

The Business Day By Alan Wallis SPAIN wants him. Rwanda wants him. Given his questionable asylum status, SA seems to want him too. And let’s not forget there is also…

Staff Writer4 October 2010

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Civil Society protests suspension of SADC Tribunal

Johannesburg – Civil society from throughout southern Africa today protested the suspension of the SADC Tribunal, petitioning the SADC Secretary General Tomaz Salomão and Ministers of Justice of the various…

Staff Writer4 October 2010

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Homosexuality crucial to Malawi’s HIV/AIDS fight-veep

Nyasa Times Malawi’s Vice president, Joyce Banda, has urged the faith leaders to open up on same sex partners in order for the country to make significant strides in the…

Staff Writer29 September 2010

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Goldstone defends International Court

The Mail&Guardian The criticism that the International Criminal Court (ICC) was against African countries was unfair, Judge Richard Goldstone said on Monday. "It is unfair to say the court is…

Staff Writer28 September 2010

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International Justice, SA leads the way in standing up against war criminals

The Business Day UNTIL the last 15 years of the 20th century, international criminal justice did not exist. Since the establishment by the United Nations (UN) of the International Criminal…

Staff Writer21 September 2010

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‘No request to extradite Nyamwasa’

The Times Live South Africa has yet to receive a formal extradition request from Spain for former Rwandan army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa over genocide charges. In 2008 Spain charged…

Staff Writer19 September 2010

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Namibian women with HIV tell of forced sterilisations

The Times Live "I was in labour at the state hospital when a nurse showed me a paper and said I must sign to allow a Caesarean section," she told…

Staff Writer9 September 2010

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Sterilisation sparks social outcry

The Mail&Guardian When an HIV-positive woman in labour arrived at a Namibian state hospital in October 2007, she did not know that the health workers responsible for delivering her baby…

Staff Writer9 September 2010