Southern Africa Litigation Centre (Johannesburg)

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August 21
Southern Africa: SALC Commends President Ramaphosa for Withdrawing His Signature From 2014 SADC Tribunal Protocol - Recognising and Supporting Rule of Law
The President of the Republic South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has officially withdrawn his signature from the 2014 SADC Protocol which establishes the SADC Tribunal. The withdrawal… Read more »
March 26
South Africa: Timol Case Hearing
On 28 and 29 March 2019, the High Court in Pretoria will hear the criminal case of Rodrigues v National Director of Public Prosecutions (case number: 76755/18). Joao Rodrigues… Read more »
March 08
South Africa: The Gender Gap in Southern African Politics - the Gap Between the Law and Reality of Gendered Political Representation
Participation in the political process is at the heart of democratic values. Democratic election of leaders is a civic exercise of selecting leaders that can best represent the… Read more »
Zambia: Statement in Solidarity With Zambian Activists Calling for Amendment of the Mental Health Bill
Mental health law reform in Zambia is desperately overdue. The outdated Mental Disorders Act [Chapter 305 of the Laws of Zambia] perpetuates discrimination, human rights… Read more »
January 17
Malawi: Seeking an Effective and Humane Response to MDR-TB in Prison
SALC is working with the Centre for Human Rights Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) to support the case of six inmates seeking an effective and humane response to an outbreak… Read more »
Malawi: Enforcing Prisoners' Right to Adequate Nutrition
SALC is working with the Centre for Human Rights Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) in Malawi to support a case brought by a prisoner, Mr James Gremu, and CHREAA on behalf of… Read more »
Malawi: Advancing Human Rights in Mental Health
SALC is working with the Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) to support the case of an individual subjected to forced psychiatric treatment on the… Read more »
October 12, 2018
Malawi: Court Stops Hospitals From Returning Patients With Multi-Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB) to Prison
The Malawi High Court yesterday granted an urgent interim injunction preventing the return of six persons diagnosed with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) to prison. Read more »
September 04, 2018
Malawi: Regional Rights Group Condemns Attacks on Local Centre
The SAHRDN has today demanded that the Malawian Police and relevant government authorities urgently and openly investigate the violence, assault and threats against the staff of… Read more »
August 29, 2018
Zambia: Zambia High Court to Hear a Commercial Farming and Displacement Case
Lusaka--On Friday, the High Court in Zambia will hear evidence in Asa Lato and 30 Others v Davision Chibale and Others, a case challenging the allocation of the community's… Read more »
August 17, 2018
Malawi: Inequality and the Myth of the Right to Legal Representation
On 8 August 2018, the Malawi High Court in Blantyre heard a constitutional application relating to the case of State v Willias Daudi. Mr Daudi had been convicted of robbery after a… Read more »
May 29, 2018
Africa: Judicial Independence Is Critical to Protecting Press Freedom in Africa
In this opinion piece, Anneke Meerkotter, Litigation Director of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), discusses a recent High Court of Lesotho (sitting as a Constitutional… Read more »
May 22, 2018
Lesotho: Victory for Media As Court Vindicates Editor
On Monday 21 May 2018, the Lesotho High Court (sitting as a Constitutional Court), in a unanimous judgment declared the offence of criminal defamation unconstitutional with… Read more »
February 24, 2018
Nigeria: The State v Henry Emomotimi Okah
On 23rd February the Constitutional Court handed down a unanimous judgment in the consolidated applications in the State v Okah matter. Read more »
November 30, 2017
Nigeria: 'Freedom Fighter' Issue Again Argued in Case of MEND's Henry Okah
On the 28th November the Constitutional Court heard the Okah cases which deal with the issue of extra-territorial jurisdiction for terrorism and serious offences committed outside… Read more »

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