ISLA’s participation at side events preceding the 61st Ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (28 – 31 October). The Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa collaborates with human rights partners at ACHPR 61 to share...
The second week of our Litigation Institute on ‘Violence against Women’ (VAW) and ‘Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights’ (SRHR) is marked by preparation for the Moot Court. At the end of each Litigation Institute, ISLA hosts a...
The Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA) launched its inaugural Women’s Land and Property Rights Litigation Institute, in May 2016. Through the institute, lawyers will expand their insight on strategic litigation through; workshops on case selection criteria, the...
The aim of this meeting is to facilitate a conversation between a broad range of stakeholders particularly social movements. By convening this meeting aim to establish where our interventions are needed. The focus of this meeting is about clarifying...
22-23 June, Johannesburg South Africa We have partnered with the Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, to jointly convene a workshop focusing on the two general recommendations recently adopted by the African Commission. The workshop aims to facilitate...
6-7 June, Johannesburg, South Africa 1. INTRODUCTION ISLA is a feminist and Pan-African human rights organisation focused on the strategic litigation of women’s human rights before regional human rights bodies and the use of international and comparative human rights...
ISLA has come into being as a much needed response to both the skills deficit and institutional limitations within African organizations working on strategic human rights litigation. One of the frequently cited challenges by lawyers working in women’s human...
ISLA has a Research and Publications unit that intends to produce informational resources pertaining to the cases, programmes and capacity strengthening seminars that will be taking place. ISLA aims to be a resource on conducting strategy litigation on the...
18-20 April Banjul, Gambia ISLA attends the sessions of the African Commission and work with groups working on its thematic issues, gender and sexuality, and those working to strengthen the communications procedure of the African Commission. ISLA also holds...
Strategic litigation is emerging as an important tool for the advancement of human rights. ISLA is a Pan-African initiative with expertise on litigation before the African human rights systems, women’s human rights and sexual rights. The initiative is designed...