24 Jan 2017
Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals: Perspectives from judges and lawye...
Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seeks to “promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels”. During 2016, the Southern Africa Litigation…
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11 Mar 2016
Malawi: Advancing the Best Interests of the Child in Decisions Relating to the I...
SALC is working with the Center for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) to advance best interests of children in decisions to incarcerate caregivers. International guidelines recommend taking into account the best interests of the child in decisions relating to…
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02 Mar 2016
Submission to CRC on Malawi...
Submission to the committee on the rights of the child regarding the government of Malawi’s combined third, fourth and fifth periodic In advance of the preparation of the list of issues for the Republic of Malawi’s periodic report to the…
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02 Feb 2015
Botswana: Ending Discrimination in Adoption...
SALC supported a challenge to the Adoption of Children Act in Botswana, which permitted the adoption of a child born out of wedlock without the consent of the child’s father, regardless of the child’s best interests. SALC worked with the Botswana Network…
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24 Jul 2013
SALC Research Report: No justice for the poor: A preliminary study of enforcemen...
Globally, there has been an increase in the implementation of laws which limit the behaviour, actions and movements of persons in public spaces. This greatly impedes the lives and livelihoods of those living in poverty and further perpetuates discrimination of…
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14 Apr 0201
Concerns over Malawi’s ministry of agriculture violating the right to info...
In a statement by the Chairperson, Brian Ligomeka, MISA-Malawi strongly condemed the barring of Nation Publication Limited’s reporter from a Ministry of Agriculture public function ogranised on 8 April 2010. This he said was in violation of the right of…
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