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Arusha Initiative Calls for Prioritization of the African Human Rights System in the Ongoing AUC Elections

Arusha Initiative Calls for Prioritization of the African Human Rights System in the Ongoing AUC Elections The Arusha Initiative takes note of the ongoing elections for the African Union Commission (AUC) and calls on African Heads of State and Government to elect a...

Division of matrimonial property upon dissolution of marriage at divorce or separation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hearing Date:    3 February 2025 Issue:                  Division of matrimonial property upon dissolution of marriage at divorce or separation Case:                      FEDERATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS IN KENYA (FIDA-K) v      ATTORNEY GENERAL CIVIL...

State Due Diligence Obligations for Violence Against Women (VAW) 

State Due Diligence Obligation for Violence Against Women (VAW)    For Immediate Release 20 January 2025                                                                               Litigation on State Due Diligence Obligation to Prevent Violence against Women...

Press Statement Hearing Chebochok Petition

For Immediate Release Litigation on the Obligation to Protect Women Working on Tea Farms from Sexual Violence. Kericho, Kenya This week from 22nd – 24th October, 2024 in a 3-day hearing, ISLA acting as advisor to Counsel to advocates for the Kenya Legal and Ethical...

Joyce Euncan and others v Tullow Oil PLC

For immediate release DATE: 23 October 2024 Issue: State accountability for environmental degradation and degeneration caused by exploration and drilling of oil Case: Joyce Euncan and others v Tullow Oil PLC ELC Petition No E001 of 2024 Court: The Environmental and...

Press Statement MC v Attorney General Judgment 26Aug2024

Judgment on the State Due Diligence Obligations for Violence Against Women (VAW) by the High Court of Kenya For Immediate Release 27 August 2024    Litigation on the State Due Diligence Obligation to Investigate and Prosecute Acquaintance Rape Case Name:...

State Due Diligence Obligation for Violence Against Women

State Due Diligence Obligation for Violence Against Women (VAW)  For Immediate Release 29 July 2024                                                                                     Litigation on State Due Diligence Obligation to Prevent Violence against Women in...

VAW Litigation Institute July 2024

Event Press Release Notice of the Violence Against Women Litigation (VAW) Institute for the 3rd Cohort of the Feminist Litigation Network (FLN), July - August 2024 For Immediate Release 22 July 2024 The VAW Litigation Institute: Introduction to Strategic Litigation on...

Press Release MMS Judgment WO

Judgment on Constitutionality of Minimum Sentencing for Sexual Offences by the Supreme Court of Kenya For Immediate Release 18 July 2024  Litigation on Mandatory or Minimum Sentencing for Sexual Offences in Kenya Case Name:  Petition No. E018 of 2023 – Republic v...

Clinic Supports Pan-African Litigation on Women’s Rights and Economic Justice

The Human Rights Clinic’s Gender Justice team helped develop a curriculum and supplemental resources for a Pan-African Litigation Institute on Women and Economic Justice.   This year, the Human Rights Clinic's Gender Justice team of Ashton Greusel, Cassandra...

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Founded in 2014, the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA) is a Pan-African and feminist initiative with a timely remit: to strengthen strategic human rights litigation across the African continent. Essentially, we aim to change the way that strategic litigation is used so as to enable broader access to justice and to support those who seek to hold states accountable for violations of women’s human rights and sexual rights.

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