by The ISLA | Oct 23, 2023 | Press Statement
For immediate release 23 October 2023 The advancement of family law to question the role of fault in divorces in Kenya. On 21 September 2023, ISLA & FIDA-Kenya acting as joint amici will make submissions in Constitutional Petition No E075 of 2022 Coppler Attorneys...
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 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...
