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Eswatini: Summary of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act

The Rights4All Project, under its My Body My Rights Campaign, published a booklet which summarises the provisions of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act of 2018. The booklet is…

Staff Writer18 October 2019

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SALC IN THE NEWS: Is speaking truth to Swazi royal power bringing slow change?

THe IPP Media Little news emerges from Eswatini, the tiny monarchy landlocked by South Africa and Mozambique, except lurid stories about the latest shenanigans of King Mswati III and his…

Staff Writer18 June 2019

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SALC research report: Alignment of Eswatini’s domestic laws with recommendations of United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms

It is more than seventy years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted yet the struggle to achieve full realisation of human rights remains a pressing reality.…

Staff Writer11 March 2019

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CSO statement on the situation of human rights in the kingdom of Eswatini

FOCUSSING ON CIVIL, POLITICAL and ECONOMIC RIGHTS Presented at the 63rd session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights Chair, honourable Commissioners of the AComHPR, State delegates, representatives…

Staff Writer19 November 2018

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Joint CSO Eswatini elections statement

Elections took place in Eswatini on the 21 September. According to both the African Union Observer Mission (AUEOM) and SADC Observer Mission (SEOM) preliminary statements, the electoral process was conducted…

Staff Writer26 September 2018

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SALC in the news: Polls open in Eswatini, where king has absolute rule

The DW A country with no political parties and an absolute monarch, critics have called eSwatini's elections a sham. Authorities claim the polls "preserve its very rich cultures and traditions."…

Staff Writer21 September 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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Swaziland: Eswatini’s tinkhundla-based electoral system to be tested in potentially groundbreaking court case

With only about a month to polls, an eSwatini (Swaziland) political party is going to court to fight for the right of individuals running in the absolute monarchy’s unusually apolitical…

Staff Writer19 August 2018

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Eswatini: Challenging the Suppression of Terrorism and Subversive Activities Acts

Mario Masuku and Maxwell Dlamini were arrested on 1 May 2014 after participating in a May Day gathering in Manzini. Masuku spoke at the gathering and Dlamini participated in the…

Staff Writer28 September 2016

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Eswatini: Activists challenge constitutionality of the Sedition and Subversive Activities Act

SALC is supporting three individuals who were charged with sedition for allegedly participating in a march that encouraged Swazis to boycott the 2013 national elections. The definition of seditious intention…

Staff Writer16 September 2016

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