Announcement: SALC launches new project, titled "Using Public Interest Litigation to Strengthen Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Southern Africa". This project is funded by UNDEF.

31st January 2012
SALC is delighted to announce that it has secured funding from the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF).
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SALC in the News: SADC Tribunal - Calls for Reinstatement Region in Legal Limbo

2nd February 2012
A host of legal organisations have started to ratchet up pressure on regional governments to restore the functioning of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) tribunal.
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News Release: Lesotho Law Banning Women From Becoming Chiefs is Unconstitutional and Must be Repealed, Says SALC

17th January 2012
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) today joined the fight to repeal parts of Lesotho’s discriminatory Chieftainship Act, which only allows the first-born son to succeed to chieftainship, by filing submissions in a landmark case that is due before the country’s Constitutional Court next month. <
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SALC Annual Report 2010

15th December 2011
Download the SALC Annual report 2010 (full document – 3MB)
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SALC in the News: The Tenth ICC Session: More Pro-African?

7th December 2011
Ahead of the tenth session of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to be held at the UN Headquarters in New York this December, a consortium of 26 civil society and international organisations operating in Africa have been urging African governments to reinforce their support of the court.
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Judgment A Cause For Concern

2nd December 2011
Should we trust the government's bona fides when it says it has good reason to keep information from us, or is the onus on them to prove that we will all be better off if they hang onto their secrets?
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Zimbabwe: US Protests Media Arrests in Zimbabwe

7th December 2011
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The United States on Wednesday protested the increasing number of arrests of journalists and civic activists ahead of the completion of constitutional reforms and proposed elections in Zimbabwe.
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Malawi: Malawi Falls Out of Favour With ICC Over al-Bashir Arrest

13th December 2011
The world court on Monday said it was referring Malawi to the UN Security Council over its refusal to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted by the court for genocide.
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Civil Society Call on African ICC States Parties - 10th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) of the ICC

29th November 2011
November 28, 2011 Foreign Ministers African States Parties to the International Criminal Court&....
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Kenya: Kenya Court Issues Warrant For Arrest of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir

28th November 2011
A Kenyan judge issued a warrant on Monday for Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by an international court for genocide, after the government failed to arrest him during a visit last year.he high court ruling means Bashir's arrest "should be effected by the Attorney General and the Minister for Internal Security should he ever set foot in Kenya," Judge Nicolas Ombija said.
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