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Mother Earth Day: Transparency and unity in water management ArticlesBotswanaCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Climate JusticeSocio-Economic Rights Climate Justice ArticlesSocio-economic Rights News

Mother Earth Day: Transparency and unity in water management

Let’s work together to build a world where every drop of water is valued and every community has a say in the decisions that shape their environment. On Mother Earth…
Melusi Simelane
22 April 2024
Zambian authorities must implement the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ recommendations Equality RightsEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights NewsZambia

Zambian authorities must implement the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ recommendations

A range of Zambian organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and other civil society organizations (CSOs) – who early in March this year made submissions to the UN Committee on…
Staff Writer
5 April 2024
ESWATINI MUST PUT AN END TO THE HARASSMENT OF TANELE MASEKO ArticlesCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights EventsCriminal Justice Police Abuse ArticlesEswatini

ESWATINI MUST PUT AN END TO THE HARASSMENT OF TANELE MASEKO

Every unanswered question deepens the Maseko family’s despair and trauma and entrenches impunity for his assassination in front of his wife and children; every stone unturned is a monument to…
Staff Writer
28 March 2024
Zambian government must ensure transparent dam approval processes, uphold environmental regulations, and protect local community rights Socio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Climate JusticeSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights NewsZambia

Zambian government must ensure transparent dam approval processes, uphold environmental regulations, and protect local community rights

27 March 2024 -The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) is concerned by recent remarks of President Hakainde Hichilema made during the launch of early maize harvests in the Mkushi Central province of Zambia on 20…
Staff Writer
27 March 2024
Thulani Maseko: Justice and accountability remains elusive in Eswatini ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights Judicial IndependenceCivic Rights Judicial Independence ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

Thulani Maseko: Justice and accountability remains elusive in Eswatini

In the calm shadows of impunity, the deafening silence surrounding the assassination of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko hangs heavy. Justice, once Maseko’s weapon of choice, now lies silenced with…
Melusi Simelane
22 January 2024
South African arms exports: Creating a practice of double standards? ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice Arms TradeInternational Justice Arms Trade ArticlesInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsSouth Africa

South African arms exports: Creating a practice of double standards?

South Africa’s stance in the Palestine situation, calling for a cessation of arms transfers and standing for the protection of human rights and civilians, embodies guiding principles and criteria that…
Atilla Kisla
4 December 2023
Rural women confront land dispossession as a form of GBV ArticlesSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsZambia

Rural women confront land dispossession as a form of GBV

In the predominantly women-owned agricultural lands of Serenje District in Zambia's Central Province, home of the Lala people, a lesser-known form of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) has been unfolding for several…
Staff Writer
4 December 2023
Mental health, patriarchy and the criminalisation of attempted suicide Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights NewsSADC

Mental health, patriarchy and the criminalisation of attempted suicide

According to the WHO, for every suicide in Africa, there are approximately 20 attempts. While some countries have slowly moved towards repealing the criminal offence of attempted suicide, recognising it…
Melusi Simelane
6 October 2023
Analysing the case of Digashu and Others v Government of the Republic of Namibia, Seiler-Lilles v Government of the Republic of Namibia Equality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsNamibia

Analysing the case of Digashu and Others v Government of the Republic of Namibia, Seiler-Lilles v Government of the Republic of Namibia

On 16 May 2023, The Supreme Court of Namibia ruled that Namibia’s immigration laws must recognise same-sex marriages validly concluded outside Namibia, setting aside the High Court decision of 20…
Bradley Fortuin
5 October 2023
The arm of imperialism: The church’s anti-gender and anti-SOGIE rhetoric ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawiNamibiaRule of LawSouth Africa

The arm of imperialism: The church’s anti-gender and anti-SOGIE rhetoric

Washington Blade 23 August 2023 By Anna Mmolai-Chalmers Anti-rights agenda in Africa has weaponized LGBTQ, intersex rights. Recently, in Botswana, Namibia, Uganda, Kenya and Malawi, the church has thrown the…
Anna Chalmers-Mmolai
24 August 2023
Botswana religious groups threaten rule of law and refuse LGBTQ rights ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights News

Botswana religious groups threaten rule of law and refuse LGBTQ rights

Washington Blade 7 August 2023 By: Bradley Fortuin and Matlhogonolo Samsam Country’s Council of Churches applauded 2019 decriminalization ruling. Botswana is considered a secular state and all people have equal…
Bradley Fortuin
14 August 2023
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Human Rights organisations call on South African authorities to denounce attacks against South Africa’s Constitution, human rights and equality Equality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsRule of LawSouth Africa

Human Rights organisations call on South African authorities to denounce attacks against South Africa’s Constitution, human rights and equality

9 August 2023 In view of the participation of members of South Africa’s executive and judiciary in the annual African Bar Association conference, which this year is being co-sponsored by…
Staff Writer
9 August 2023
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Joint statement: Urgent call for protection of refugees’ rights and a halt to state sponsored lawlessness Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Police AbuseMalawi

Joint statement: Urgent call for protection of refugees’ rights and a halt to state sponsored lawlessness

Lilongwe, 1 August 2023 - We, a consortium of Institutions and Civil Society Organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights, urgently call upon the Government to immediately cease the…
Staff Writer
1 August 2023
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Should ‘threat of war’ justify non-compliance with Rome Statute? Unanswered questions from Putin arrest furore ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

Should ‘threat of war’ justify non-compliance with Rome Statute? Unanswered questions from Putin arrest furore

Daily Maverick 24 July 2023 By Dr. Atilla Kisla Threats of force by states are prohibited under international law, and any conduct in that regard must be assessed seriously and…
Atilla Kisla
25 July 2023