FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 21 MAY 2020 Court case challenging the constitutional validity of Kenya’s Anti-FGM Act back in court At a time when the country has implemented several restrictions in response to COVID-19, girls are more...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 21 MAY 2020 Mitu-Bell Welfare Society appeal case is fertile ground for the development of the right to remedy On 21 May 2020, the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA) represented by...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NAIROBI, KENYA, 4 March 2020 On 5 March 2020, the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (“ISLA”) and Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (“KELIN”) will return to court as...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 16 December 2019 On 17 December 2019, the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (“ISLA”) and Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (“KELIN”) will return to court...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 4 December 2019 On 5 December 2019, the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (“ISLA”) and Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (“KELIN”) will return to court...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 27 NOVEMBER 2019 On Friday 29 November 2019, the Supreme Court of Kenya will rule on ISLA’s amicus curiae application. The earlier Court ruled that once judgment is issued, a court...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 23 OCTOBER 2019 On 24 and 25 October 2019, the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (“ISLA”) and Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (“KELIN”) will make...
Over the next two days, ISLA will be hosting an expert advisory meeting on women in the criminal justice system. The experts joining us have been drawn from academia and practise. On Thursday and Friday, 20 and 21...
Tomorrow and Saturday, ISLA’s Women’s Land and Property Rights Programme will be hosting an Expert Advisory Meeting on cohabitation relationships, its legal recognition, particularly in African countries and the consequences, thereof, for women’s access to land and property. Bios...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 25 APRIL 2019 On 25 April 2019, the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA)and Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN) submitted an individual communication against...