NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 5 | ISLA IN THE SPOTLIGHTISLA In The Spotlight May 2026 NewzRoom Interviews Concourt to Hear Arguments on "Consent" In Sexual Offences Before the South African Constitutional Court is a landmark case on the definition of “consent” in sexual offense...
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What’s Happening? Future & Past Events
NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 5 | WHAT’S HAPPENING? FUTURE & PAST EVENTSWhat's Happening? Future and Past Events May 2026 IPE Strategy Consultation Rolling basis between May – August. Dates TBD. ISLA seeks to convene a Strategy Consultation with the ISLA Panel of Experts...
What’s Happening in Courts
NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 5 | WHAT’S HAPPENING IN COURTSWhat's Happening in Courts May 2026 An integral part of the work that ISLA does is the strategic litigation. Beyond the mobilization and the advocacy, we seek to make jurisprudential impact real time in court. The...
Strengthening Access to Justice: A Strategic Blueprint For SOGIE Cases Before African Regional Mechanisms
NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 5 | ISLA CONVERSATIONSStrengthening Access to Justice: A Strategic Blueprint For SOGIE Cases Before African Regional Mechanisms May 2026 By Lakshita KanhiyaIn a moment where sexual rights are relentlessly policed, negotiated, and denied, ISLA’s...
AU Reforms Engagements
NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 5 | ISLA CONVERSATIONSAU Reforms Engagements May 2026 By Fatou Bintou-Sallah and Mai AmanFrom 17 to 19 November 2025, ISLA convened a three-day internal retreat which created space for honest reflection on how the organisation’s strong political...
Sexual Harassment – Race and Gender in the Mbenenge Tribunal
NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 5 | ISLA CONVERSATIONSSexual Harassment - Race and Gender in the Mbenenge Tribunal May 2026 By Sibusisiwe NdlelaThe weaponization of the so-called defence of culture by Black men against Black women is not novel. Clarence Thomas, Jacob Zuma, and now...
Dr Emmah Wabuke: The Person Behind the Work
NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 5 | ACTIVIST SPOTLIGHTDr Emmah Wabuke: The Person Behind the Work May 2026 By Zinhle Hlatshwayo1. To start us off, could you tell us a bit about yourself? Who is Dr Emmah Wabuke, both personally and professionally? I am a Kenyan human rights lawyer...
ISLA at ACHPR 85th
NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 5 | ISLA FEATUREISLA at ACHPR 85th May 2026 By Fatou Bintou-Sallah and Mai AmanISLA at the 85th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR 15- 24 October 2025 | Banjul, The Gambia In October, ISLA joined the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on...
CEVAWG: When a Milestone Risks Becoming Regressive
NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 5 | ISLA FEATURECEVAWG: When a Milestone Risks Becoming Regressive May 2026 By Fatou Bintou-Sallah and Mai AmanOn 25 February 2025, the African Union adopted the Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (AU CEVAWG) at its 38th Ordinary...
Feminist Roundtable: Reclaiming Space at the African Union
NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 5 | ISLA FEATUREFeminist Roundtable: Reclaiming Space at the African Union May 2026 By Fatou Bintou-Sallah and Mai AmanFor decades, African feminists have mobilized, lobbied, and shaped continental agendas. From the Pan African Women’s Association...
About Us
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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+27 11 338 9028
Fax: +27 11 338 9029
Address: 87 de Korte Street,
South Point Corner, 7th Floor Braamfontein, 2017 Gauteng, South Africa