by Mubeen | Feb 28, 2023 | Press Release, Press Statement
February 28, 2023 MEDIA STATEMENT ISLA ENGAGES IN STRATEGIC LITIGATION CASES IN UGANDA ON WOMEN’S SOCIOECONOMIC RIGHTS – UPCOMING HEARINGS AND PARTNERSHIP For Immediate Release Kampala, Uganda In the last 6 months, the Initiative for Strategic Litigation...
by Mubeen | Nov 17, 2022 | Press & Media, Press Release, Press Statement
For Release Date: 15 November 2022 ISLA admitted as amicus curiae in the High Court at Nairobi in Wambui Mwangi v Tony Mochama & Shailja Patel Civil Appeal No 507 of 2019 Nairobi, Kenya #WomenWhoSpeak ISLA has been admitted in an appeal from a defamation case...
by The ISLA | Jul 19, 2022 | Press & Media, Press Release, Press Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ABUJA, 19 JULY 2022 Appeal at the Nigerian Court of Appeal to set aside refusal of the Corporate Affairs Commission to register an association and challenge discriminatory provisions contained in section 4(1) of the Same-Sex (Marriage)...
by The ISLA | Jul 6, 2022 | Press & Media, Press Release, Press Statement
For Immediate Release Litigation on Failure of State to Fulfil its Due Diligence Obligation to Investigate Sexual Offences: Unconstitutionality of Out of Court Settlements Initiated by State Actors Nairobi, Kenya Yesterday, 5th July 2022, the Centre for Rights...
by The ISLA | Jun 28, 2022 | Press & Media, Press Release, Press Statement
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/27/tanzania-court-rule-education-ban-pregnant-students For Immediate Release Tanzania: Court to Rule on Education Ban for Pregnant StudentsAmicus from Rights Groups to African Human Rights Court (Nairobi, June 27, 2022) – A landmark...
by The ISLA | Jun 17, 2022 | Press & Media, Press Release, Press Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ACCRA, 17JUNE 2022 A constitutional litigation in the Ghana High Court seeking redress for discrimination against and the unlawful arrest and detention of LGBTI activists and community members in Ghana On 14 June 2022, the litigants in the case,...