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Official registration of key populations organizations opens doors for funding and sustainable HIV responses

Local community groups working with populations vulnerable to HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa are making inroads into obtaining official recognition by their governments, which is expanding opportunities for increased funding and…

Staff Writer30 November 2018

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Statement: Launch of research report on “The alignment of Eswatini’s domestic law with recommendations of United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms”

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre released a report on "The Alignment of Eswatini's Domestic law with recommendations of United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms" in Mbabane on the 13th of September…

Staff Writer14 September 2018

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Zimbabwe: Challenging limits on voter education

Veritas v. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission & 2 Others SALC is providing support to Veritas, a non-profit organisation based in Zimbabwe which provides publicly accessible information on the work of the…

Staff Writer2 July 2018

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African lawyers and journalists sensitised on HIV and TB criminalisation

Seychelles Nation 02 March 2018 The final of three training sessions for African lawyers on human rights based strategic litigation, legal defence and advocacy on HIV and tuberculosis (TB) justice…

Staff Writer2 March 2018

Zimbabwe: Challenging the disenfranchisement of Zimbabweans in the diaspora

Shumba & Others v Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs & Others SALC supported three members of the Zimbabwe Diaspora, represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, who challenged…

Staff Writer18 January 2018

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Zambia: Challenging the Mental Disorders Act

SALC supported a petition by three persons with psychosocial disabilities and the Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA) to repeal the Mental Disorders Act of 1949 in Mwewa and Others v the…

Staff Writer14 December 2017

Equality Rights Health

NEWS RELEASE: HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS APPLAUD AFRICAN COMMISSION’S LAUNCH OF HIV REPORT

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – On this International Human Rights Day, regional human rights organisations commend the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) on the adoption and launch of…

Staff Writer11 December 2017

Equality Rights South Africa Submissions

SOUTH AFRICA: NATIONAL HEARING ON COHESION AND XENOPHOBIA IN SOUTH AFRICA

Submission by the Southern Africa Litigation Centre to the South African Human Rights Commission in preparation for the national hearing on social cohesion and xenophobia in South Africa can be…

Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh6 December 2017

Botswana Equality Rights LGBTIQ+

NEWS RELEASE: BOTSWANA REGISTRAR AGREES TO CHANGE GENDER MARKER FROM FEMALE TO MALE

On 4 December 2017, the Registrar of National Registration of Botswana in the case of ND v Attorney General of Botswana and others agreed to issue the applicant with a…

Staff Writer5 December 2017

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Progressive Botswana court affirms that legal recognition gender identity at core of human dignity

The Daily Maverick Tashwill Esterhuizen For the second time in two years, the Botswana courts have shown themselves to be champions of jurisprudence which acknowledges the rights of lesbian, gay,…

Staff Writer21 November 2017

discrimination

Official registration of key populations organizations opens doors for funding and sustainable HIV responses

Statement: Launch of research report on “The alignment of Eswatini’s domestic law with recommendations of United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms”

Zimbabwe: Challenging limits on voter education

African lawyers and journalists sensitised on HIV and TB criminalisation

Zimbabwe: Challenging the disenfranchisement of Zimbabweans in the diaspora

Zambia: Challenging the Mental Disorders Act

NEWS RELEASE: HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS APPLAUD AFRICAN COMMISSION’S LAUNCH OF HIV REPORT

SOUTH AFRICA: NATIONAL HEARING ON COHESION AND XENOPHOBIA IN SOUTH AFRICA

NEWS RELEASE: BOTSWANA REGISTRAR AGREES TO CHANGE GENDER MARKER FROM FEMALE TO MALE

Progressive Botswana court affirms that legal recognition gender identity at core of human dignity

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