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KENYA: New Law bans spitting, urinating in public
You risk either being slapped with a Sh10,000 fine or a six-month jail term if...
Read moreJustice for Poor – Fight intensifies
The battle for legal representation for the poor has intensified with the Judiciary, some lawyers...
Read moreReport human interest stories – journalists told
Ghanaian journalists have been advised not to forget their core mandates as agenda setters to...
Read more“Decriminalising poverty in South Africa” – Webinar report
South Africa’s Constitution, reflective of regional human rights law, embodies values and principles that mandate the adoption...
Read moreMalawi High Court to Determine Constitutionality of Police Sweeping Exercises
21 June 2021, Blantyre – Today, Judge Zione Ntaba heard the case of State v...
Read moreAfrica: a Regional Campaign to Decriminalise Petty Offences
In March 2015, a street vendor named Mayeso Gwanda was arrested on his way to...
Read morePrioritise non-custodial sentencing
Speakers at a roundtable discussion on sentencing in the country’s Criminal Justice System have called...
Read moreCampaign partner APCOF recommends investigation into bylaws
To promote constitutionally compliant legislation, in the past 27 years, South Africa’s policy and legislative...
Read moreScrap Vagrancy Laws – Advocates Appeal
With the increasing number of inmates in Ghana’s prisons, crime prevention organization Crime Check Foundation...
Read moreEleven people who are homeless go to court to challenge Cape Town’s discriminatory by-laws
Last week eleven people experiencing homlessness launched applications in both the Western Cape High Court...
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