The ICJ just launched a 15 minute documentary showing contributions by the ICJ and local human rights defenders in bringing the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence (SODV) Act to pass in Mbabane, Eswatini. The documentary was launched at an SODV Act media training held with the...
Maputo and Johannesburg November 25 2019 The Mozambique's Center for Democracy and Development (CDD) and the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (the SAHRDN) have today called on Mozambican authorities to immediately release the 18 Mozambican election monitors imprisoned in Xai-Xai, Mozambique, for "illegally" monitoring the ballot...
A wide range of stakeholders in Mbabane, Eswatini came together to discuss the challenges they face in combating sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the country. On 21 November, the ICJ hosted a symposium with representatives of the Attorney General, Ministry of Justice, police, Human Rights...
The ICJ today expressed its grave concern at the conduct of police forces in their enforcement of a court order to remove refugees and asylum seekers from the offices of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Cape Town on October 30. Police appeared...
25 October 2019: Gaborone and Johannesburg Botswana Elections Peaceful but Reforms Needed to Prevent Tension on Civic Space The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (the SAHRDN or the Network) observed the 23 October 2019 General Elections in Botswana. In addition to general observations around the integrity...
From 1 to 3 October, the ICJ and the Lesotho National Federation of Organizations of the Disabled (Lnfod), an umbrella body of organizations for persons with disabilities, held a judicial training in Lesotho on the rights and access just to persons with disabilities. The workshop was...
