Zimbabwe has adopted a Constitution and is getting ready for presidential, parliamentary and local elections scheduled for the 31st of July.
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The centre’s Socio-Economic Rights Project recently participated in two events involving the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights during in Geneva.
Professor May takes from Professor Julia Sloth-Nielsen who has been the chairperson since April 2012.
In an opinion article published on AfricLaw, titled, ‘Strengthening children’s rights in Africa: Some lessons from the new Children’s Act of Angola’, Dr Aquinaldo Mandlate at the Community Law Centre highlights some of the major advancements for children’s rights in Angola.
The annual campaign aims to get all sectors of society involved in promoting the care and protection of children.
The Chief Deputy Commissioner for Remand in the Department of Correctional Services, Ms Britta Rotmann, explained the thinking behind the final draft white paper on remand detention at a roundtable in Cape Town on 23 May 2013.
The Chief Deputy Commissioner for Remand in the Department of Correctional Services, Ms Britta Rotmann, explained the thinking behind the final draft white paper on remand detention at a roundtable in Cape Town on 23 May 2013.
Prof Steytler, Prof Philippe led a dialogue on key challenges that face constitution makers in Libya and Tunisia during a Policy Dialogue organised by Community Law Centre’s Multi-Level Government Initiative yesterday.
Community Law Centre's Multi-Level Government Initiative scholars presented a series of papers at Commonwealth Local Government in Kampala (Uganda) this week.
In an opinion article published on Politicsweb, titled “The WCape Community Safety Act: Is Zille pushing her luck?” the director of the Community Law Centre assesses the Western Cape Community Safety Act.
The Campaign for South Africa’s Ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, joins other civil society groups and human rights advocates across the world in celebrating the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR).
The organisation Front Line Defenders reported on 8 May 2012 that radio journalist and human rights defender Eric Topona was arrested and taken to prison after appearing before an investigating magistrate in N'Djamena and charged with “threatening the constitutional order”.