Author: jacob
Published:
15
Oct
2013
Today the NCOP Select Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development in parliament met to consider the negotiating mandates from the provinces on the Traditional Courts Bill. It was a short meeting, it seems that the actual work took place behind closed doors prior to the meeting session.
Author: jacob
Published:
15
Oct
2013
This is the second issue of the ESR Review in 2013, which recognises and applauds the important role that the youth and women play in our country.
Author: jacob
Published:
15
Oct
2013
The Community Law Centre’s Socio-Economic Rights project released its “Compendium of documents and cases on the right to health under the African Human Rights System (September 2013)”.
Author: jacob
Published:
02
Oct
2013
Today the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development met to deliberate on the proposed law that will see courts being set up to deal exclusively with sexual offences matters like rape and child sexual abuse. Members of the Shukumisa campaign were sceptical about its potential to make a difference in rape prosecutions.
Author: jacob
Published:
18
Sep
2013
Constitutional adjudication in Ethiopia is primarily the responsibility of the House of Federation, Ethiopia’s upper house. In line with this, the Community Law Centre’s Multi-Level Government Initiative (MLGI) and the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Policy hosted a discussion on "Constitutional adjudication in Ethiopia" on the Tuesday 2 September.
Author: jacob
Published:
12
Sep
2013
Without strong civil society across sectors and interrogation of broader socio-economic policies, the promise of our constitution will remain outside of the grasp of most people.
Author: jacob
Published:
12
Sep
2013
Without strong civil society across sectors and interrogation of broader socio-economic policies, the promise of our constitution will remain outside of the grasp of most people.
Author: jacob
Published:
05
Sep
2013
The draft papers for the Constitution-Building in Africa Conference are now available on our interactive programme with the speakers bio's as well as the abstracts.
