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CAMPHK files as amicus to decriminalise suicide in Kenya
In Kenya attempted suicide as laid out by Section 226 of the Penal Code is...
Read morePoor traders in Jail
Campaign partner, Crime Check TV release a video that highlights the effect of dutybearers using...
Read moreCourt case filed against Sierra Leone to overturn discriminatory loitering laws
AdvocAid has filed a case at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community...
Read more“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...
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