by The ISLA | Oct 19, 2023 | Press Statement
Litigation on Mandatory Minimum Sentencing for Sexual Offences in Kenya The Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 Kenya acknowledges the serious nature of sexual offences by setting mandatory minimum sentences where an accused person is found guilty of a sexual offence....
by The ISLA | Oct 19, 2023 | Press Release
ISLA and KELIN seeks to intervene as joint amici in a case challenging Kenya’s legal obligation to mitigate against climate change On 27 September 2023, the Environment and Land Court at Iten heard ISLA and KELIN’s joint application to intervene in Kituo cha Sheria...
by The ISLA | Oct 19, 2023 | Press Release
ISLA applies for Review in Decision Excluding its Participation as Amicus Curiae While ISLA welcomes the decision made by the High Court of Kenya in Wambui Mwangi v Tony Mochama & Another (High Court Civil Appeal No 507 of 2019) which wwas delivered by the court...
by The ISLA | Aug 16, 2023 | Violence Against Women, Being Developed, Cases Filed
KITUO CHA SHERIA & ANOTHER V THE ATTORNEY GENERAL & OTHERS (ITEN ELC PETITION NO E002 OF 2022 (ISLA & KELIN as amicus curiae) Summary of legal issue: The Climate Change Act, No 11 of 2016 sets out various duties of the state in relation to the development...
by The ISLA | Jun 29, 2023 | Press Release
The Initiative for Strategic Litigation will hold a litigation institute to interrogate states’ due diligence responsibilities to prevent and effectively respond to Violence Against Women in Africa. Date: 3rd to 14th July,2023 The Litigation Institutes are a...
