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Uganda: Repeals vagrancy, sedition, and false news offences ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice NewsRule of Law

Uganda: Repeals vagrancy, sedition, and false news offences

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) notes that the Uganda Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2023, has repealed some of the rogue and vagabond, sedition, and false news offences in…
Staff Writer
11 July 2023
Legal gender recognition: An unexplained delay by the Botswana government High Court in 2017 ruled on the issue ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights News

Legal gender recognition: An unexplained delay by the Botswana government High Court in 2017 ruled on the issue

Washington Blade 16 June 2023 By: Bradley Fortuin High Court in 2017 ruled on the issue Legal gender recognition has pleased the courts. The High Court of Botswana in 2017 handed…
Bradley Fortuin
19 June 2023
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Supreme Court of Eswatini unanimously finds Registrar’s decision on LGBTIQ+ organisation unconstitutional   Civic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsEswatini

Supreme Court of Eswatini unanimously finds Registrar’s decision on LGBTIQ+ organisation unconstitutional  

Mbabane, Eswatini: 16 June 2023 – Today, a five-panel bench of the Supreme Court of Eswatini passed a judgement setting aside the decision by the High Court that dismissed the…
Staff Writer
16 June 2023
Malawi: Lilongwe informal traders challenge eviction and confiscation of goods Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Ongoing CasesCriminal Justice Ongoing CasesMalawi

Malawi: Lilongwe informal traders challenge eviction and confiscation of goods

On 5 June 2023, the High Court of Malawi granted leave for judicial review to challenge the Lilongwe by-laws evicting informal traders from plying their trade on the streets and…
Staff Writer
14 June 2023
Regulate clemency to protect sexual abuse survivors ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenZimbabwe

Regulate clemency to protect sexual abuse survivors

IOL 1 June 2023 By Tambudzai Gonese-Manjonjo The recent presidential clemency/amnesty that saw scores of serving prisoners being released from Zimbabwe’s prisons has raised many topical issues. Zimbabwe’s prisons are…
Tambudzai Gonese
2 June 2023
Non-alignment or hypocrisy: South Africa’s non-alignment costing Africa’s human rights discourse ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsEswatiniSADCSouth Africa

Non-alignment or hypocrisy: South Africa’s non-alignment costing Africa’s human rights discourse

Washington Blade 31 May 2023 By Melusi Simelane In the past several months, South Africa’s foreign policy has been in the spotlight for essential and existential reasons that significantly impact…
Melusi Simelane
31 May 2023
Petição apresentada ao Conselho Constitucional contra as condições privilegiadas de prisão para os ricos Criminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformMozambique

Petição apresentada ao Conselho Constitucional contra as condições privilegiadas de prisão para os ricos

Maputo, 24 Maio de 2023 – Hoje, 2000 cidadãos moçambicanos, sob a liderança da advogada e activista dos direitos humanos, Maria Alice Mabota, apresentaram uma petição perante o Conselho Constitucional…
Staff Writer
25 May 2023
South Africa and the ICC’s relationship is complicated… ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes ArticlesSouth Africa

South Africa and the ICC’s relationship is complicated…

Mail & Guardian 16 May 2023 By Dr. Atilla Kisla, International Justice Cluster Lead at the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) Typing in “South Africa” and “ICC” into a Google…
Atilla Kisla
17 May 2023
The Supreme Court of Namibia rules that Namibia’s immigration laws must recognise same-sex marriages concluded outside Namibia Equality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsNamibia

The Supreme Court of Namibia rules that Namibia’s immigration laws must recognise same-sex marriages concluded outside Namibia

Windhoek, Namibia: 16 May 2023 - Today, four out of a five-panel bench in the Supreme Court of Namibia pronounced against the unconstitutional denial of immigration status to non-Namibian spouses…
Staff Writer
16 May 2023