SADC Lawyers Association: SADC Lawyers Association Resolution on SADC Tribunal, Swaziland, Malawi and Elections in the Region

2011
Attached resolutions that came out of the 12th SADCLA Annual General Meeting and Conference. Under the theme " towards democratic elections and the peaceful transfer of power in the SADC Region"
Read further » Resolutions of the 2011 SADC Lawyers\' Association AGM and Conference.pdf

SADC Tribunal: Save the SADC Tribunal Campaign

2011
As part of the SADC Tribunal campaign, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre, the Africa Regional Programme of the International Commission of Jurists and the SADC Lawyers’ Association co-hosted a regional legal consultative conference on the 28th of July 2012.
Read further » SALC, ICJ SADC LA Resolutions.pdf

SADC: Contesting the Suspension of the SADC Tribunal

2010
The opinion found that SADC leaders acted unlawfully by effectively suspending the Tribunal – by making sure that it is not properly constituted and so cannot operate. SADC laws require that the Tribunal be comprised of no fewer than ten judges but the leaders have violated these laws – by failing to renew the terms of those judges eligible for reappointment or to appoint new judges to fill any vacancies – so that the Tribunal no longer has enough judges to hear new cases. The decision therefore renders the Tribunal inaccessible violating, contrary to international law, the right to an effective legal remedy and access to justice. Furthermore the decision tampers with the structures designed to ensure the Tribunal’s independence.
Read further » Closed for Business - The Suspension of the SADC Tribunal.pdf

SALC Undertakes an Advocacy Training Workshop

2011
Following the suspension of the SADC Tribunal’s operations by the SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government in August 2010 and May 2011 the Southern Africa Litigation Centre, International Commission of Jurists and the SADC Lawyers Association formally launched a campaign to save the SADC Tribunal. The campaign has seen the three organisations draft legal opinions, publish press releases and opinion pieces, convene two legal consultation meetings with judges, lawyers, CSO activists and SADC Secretariat legal counsel and meet with a few ministers of justice in the SADC region.
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Statement: Southern Africa Civil Society Forum

2011
SADC NGOs meet annually prior to the August SADC Summit to discuss pressing human rights and governance issues in Southern Africa.
Read further » SADC CNGO DECLARATION.pdf