The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) supports Tshepo Junionr Sethibe through Obonye Attorneys, represented by Dr Jonas Obonye, who are challenging Section 59(1) of the Botswana Penal Code. The provision…
Staff Writer22 Mar 2023
SALC’s Rule of Law work is integrated within its other programmatic areas and focuses on the following objectives:
- To challenge encroachments on judicial independence.
- To challenge practices where the executive seeks to encroach on the powers of parliament or the judiciary.
Completed cases:
- Lesotho: Support wife of late Brigadier Mahau to argue against the setting aside of the findings of the SADC Commission of Inquiry into Lesotho.
- Botswana: Challenge interpretation of Constitution which allows President discretion to appoint High Court judges.
- Swaziland: Challenging lawyer and editor’s arrest and detention for contempt of court.
- Zambia: Defending anti-corruption activist charged with contempt of court.
- Lesotho: Conduct advocacy and litigation to address unlawful arrests and military detention.
Publications:
Submissions:
Advocacy:
- Are African nations putting policing over public health? (2020).
- SALC in the news: Policing of petty offences (2017).
- International Human Rights Day: SALC looks back on key developments and children in 2016 (2016).
- Court Update: Maseko and Makhubu challenge the constitutionality of their arrest and detention (2014).
In March 2021, SALC made a submission to the Office of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights for the Tanzania UPR 39th session. Read the submission here.
Staff Writer25 Mar 2021