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“Counting the cost of exclusion” seminar – Highlights
Linking criminal law, political exclusion and socio-economic inequality On 24 March 2022, the Global...
Read moreOnline petition launched to decriminalise cannabis in Kenya
Campaign partner, CAPMHK has launched an online petition calling for the decriminalisation of cannabis for personal use in Kenya....
Read moreILF work in Nepal selected as a World Justice Challenge finalist
Campaign partner, The International Legal Foundation has been selected as a finalist for the World...
Read moreImplications of petty offences in Uganda – A documentary
Criminal laws, particularly those providing for petty offences such as vagrancy laws, have consistently been...
Read moreCampaign issues statement at 69th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR
As part of the civil society engagement at the 69th Ordinary Session of the African...
Read more‘Equal before the Law?’ – Petty offences on BBC podcast
"The vendor who changed Malawi: Mayeso Gwanda took the state to court after his arrest...
Read more‘Poverty is not a crime’ media campaign launched in Tunisia
As part of their activities under the Campaign to Decriminalise Petty Offences in Africa, the...
Read morePetty Offences Symposium Report released
Throughout the globe, petty offenses, such as loitering laws, are used to exert social control....
Read moreRegional High Level Consultation Dialogue Report
Regional High Level Consultation Dialogue Report on Implementation and Domestication of AU Standards to Decriminalize...
Read moreMALAWI: Law Society rejects Legal Aid Proposal
In a proposal addressed to the Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament dated April 7 2021,...
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