From ACJR & Reformar: It was reported from Guinea Bissau on 20 March 2023 that a new law will prohibit Islamic leaders using children for begging. The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro...
Webinar: Sub-National Government and the Criminalisation of Poverty & Status: Defining the problem
Partners ACJR, Lawyers Alert, CHREAA, LHR and ICJ-K hereby cordially invite you to the first of a series of webinars on sub-national governance and the criminalisation of poverty and status,...
African Human Rights Yearbook Vol 6 released
The Pretoria University Law Press releases landmark publication of African Union Human Rights Bodies: African Human Rights Yearbook and launches call for contributions to 2023 Yearbook. The first volume of...
Third-party intervention filed at the Community Court of Justice of ECOWAS
Amnesty International: On 22 March 2023, Amnesty International submitted a third-party intervention to the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the case...
Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America
From WIEGO: Waste pickers have won several legal actions in Latin America over the past two decades. This edition of Law & Informality Insights – Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from...
Challenging Criminal Code on Alarming Publications in Botswana
Partner Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) supports Tshepo Junior Sethibe through Obonye Attorneys, represented by Dr Jonas Obonye, who are challenging Section 59(1) of the Botswana Penal Code. The provision in the...
Kenyan Prisons Target 10 Million Trees in Decongestion Drive to See Petty Offenders Freed
Nyahururu — The State Department for Correctional Services will start engaging petty offenders in tree planting exercises under Community Service Orders (CSO) in a bid to decongest prison facilities. Speaking...
Applications open for Waging Justice for Women Fellowships
From Clooney's Foundation for Justice: "For too long, the law has served as a tool of oppression against women and girls, who continue to face inequality throughout the world. When...
New Mexico, US approves groundbreaking bill to end costly court fees in legal system
From partner Fines & Fees Justice Center: With clear bipartisan support, the New Mexico Senate approved legislation to eliminate the post-adjudication and bench warrant fees that have recently become the...
Sudden homelessness is Years in the Making
Partner Invisible People gives an overview of how homelessness is years in the making: Homelessness is an event that can happen suddenly. One minute a person is housed. The next...
Promoting Health and Rights: Prioritising People in Detention in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Upcoming online webinar on "Promoting Health and Rights: Prioritising People in Detention in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond" will be held Wednesday 8 March 2023 at 15.00 GMT. This webinar will...
“We must decriminalise poverty to achieve equal access to justice”
Last week the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London held a seminar at Marlborough House on the Decriminalisation of Poverty and Status in the Commonwealth....
‘Is poverty criminalized in Peoria? A lawyer provides her take’ – Campaign in WCBU article
In the WCBU article 'Is poverty criminalized in Peoria? A lawyer provides her take', Alexus McNally, a researcher from campaign partner, The International Legal Foundation, speaks about the work of...
South Africa invites for public comment on decriminalising of sex work
South Africa is poised to become the first African country to decriminalise sex work following the publication of an amendment to the country’s criminal law for public comment. South Africa’s...
The Cape Declaration adopted by consensus
One of the key outcomes of the Stellenbosch Convening, was the adoption by consensus of the Cape Declaration by participants of the Campaign's Annual Convening in Stellenbosch, South Africa in...
Ugandan Constitutional Court declares parts of the ‘Rogue and Vagabond’ Offence unconstitutional
Today, five justices of the Constitutional Court of Uganda (Frederick Egonda-Ntende, Elizabeth Musoke, Christopher Madrama Izama, Monica K Mugenyi, and Christopher Gashirabake JJCC) in a unanimous decision, declared as unconstitutional...
South African Deputy Minister advocates for reform to ease prison overcrowding
https://www.youtube.com/embed/rKNgujOpr-g South Africa's Deputy Minister of Justice, Hon John Jeffery talks to SABC News in South Africa about criminal law and incarceration on the African continent, and more specifically South...
The Djerba Declaration launched at Summit de la Francophonie side-event
On the 19 November 2022, francophone partners hosted a side-event, ‘Decriminalisation of poverty, status and activism: what role for the OIF?’, at the 18th Summit of the Organisation de la...
Partners submit shadow report on racial injustice in the US
For the U.S. review by the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Miami Law Human Rights Clinic, National Homelessness Law Center, and partners submitted a shadow report on racial...
‘Petty Offences, Major consequences’ : TelQuel special feature
Co-founder of Relais, Youssef Madad is interviewed in TelQuel Feature on ‘Petty Offences, Major Consequences’. In his interview, entitled ‘Neighbourhoods are the right grounds for establishing a post-prison restorative policy’,...
Re-examining Legal Narratives on Vagrancy, Public Spaces and Colonial Constructs: A Commentary on the ACHPR’s Advisory Opinion on Vagrancy Laws in Africa
From WIEGO: This edition of Law and Informality Insights analyzes the implications for informal workers of the recent African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ (ACHPR) advisory opinion, which was...