12 December 2019 – Press Release: VICTORY FOR UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN
VICTORY FOR UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN: HIGH COURT CONFIRMS THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR LEARNERS WITHOUT BIRTH CERTIFICATES 12 December 2019 “Education is a mighty tool in the hands of the possessor. Its efficiency depends largely on the bulwark that surrounds it – the right to education.” – Mbenenge JP The Legal Resources Centre in Makhanda represented the Centre for Child Law and the school governing body of Phakamisa High School [...]
18 November 2019 – Press Release: INCLO condemns abuses against protesters in Chile and calls on governments around the world to regulate the use of Less-Lethal Weapons in line with UN guidelines
INCLO condemns abuses against protesters in Chile and calls on governments around the world to regulate the use of Less-Lethal Weapons in line with UN guidelines 18 November 2019 Nine members of the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) condemn the wrongful use of less-lethal weapons (LLWs) employed by the military and police forces in Chile in response to [...]
19 November 2019 – Press Release: Ingonyama Trust Matter in PMB High Court
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) will be in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on 22 November 2019, on behalf of Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC), the Rural Women’s Movement (RWM) and seven informal land rights holders to challenge the compulsory signing of lease agreements at the behest of the Ingonyama Trust Board. CASAC and RWM are acting in the public interest, whilst the seven informal [...]
15 November 2019 – Press Release: Finality in Cala Reserve Headmanship Dispute
Press Release: Finality in Cala Reserve Headmanship Dispute On 15 November 2019 the High Court in Bhisho finally settled a six year dispute regarding the headmanship of the Cala Reserve in the Eastern Cape. The community (represented by the Legal Resources Centre) had their customary law practice of electing their own headman upheld by the court and recognised Mr Gideon Sitwayi’s election to this position. In 2013, [...]
14 November 2019 -Joint Release: Women’s Right to Safe & Legal Abortions in South Africa (WLC, SRJC & LRC)
On 14 and 15 November the Pretoria High Court will hear the matter of the Voice of the Unborn baby NPC. The applicants in this case are approaching the Court to declare that where a foetus has died at a gestational age of younger than 26 weeks the parents of the foetus should be given an option to bury the foetus . On Monday, 28 May 2018, The Women’s [...]