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...
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...
Violence Against Women Litigation Institute 2025
NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 5 | ISLA FEATUREViolence Against Women Litigation Institute, 2025 May 2026 By Zinhle HlatshwayoThis newsletter piece reports on the second year of the Violence Against Women Litigation (VAW) Institute, which brought together Network Lawyers from...
A feminist look at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Decision in Communication 564 /15: Community Law Centre and three Others (on behalf of the Five Victims) v. The Federal Republic of Nigeria
Should the law in Kenya allow parties to a marriage to divorce without establishing fault on any of the parties to the marriage? By Carolene Kituku Advocate – Managing lawyer women-socio economic rights at ISLA Divorce: an end and a new beginning Marriage is a...
Webinar on Out of Court Settlement Agreements for Violence Against Women (VAW) in Kenya
Should the law in Kenya allow parties to a marriage to divorce without establishing fault on any of the parties to the marriage? By Carolene Kituku Advocate – Managing lawyer women-socio economic rights at ISLA Divorce: an end and a new beginning Marriage is a...
Defending the Digital Frontline: Feminist Strategy Against Gender-Based Violence
Should the law in Kenya allow parties to a marriage to divorce without establishing fault on any of the parties to the marriage? By Carolene Kituku Advocate – Managing lawyer women-socio economic rights at ISLA Divorce: an end and a new beginning Marriage is a...
Litigation on State Due Diligence Obligation to Prevent Violence against Women in Public Transport and Associated Spaces in Kenya by Enacting Gender-Sensitive Laws and Policies
Should the law in Kenya allow parties to a marriage to divorce without establishing fault on any of the parties to the marriage? By Carolene Kituku Advocate – Managing lawyer women-socio economic rights at ISLA Divorce: an end and a new beginning Marriage is a...
Expert Advisory on Litigating Obstetric Violence in Africa External Report
Expert advisory on litigating obstetric violence in africa Johannesburg, south africa 7 – 8 March 2023 Introduction ISLA conceived this project as part of a coalition with KELIN Kenya and Dulla Omar Institute at the University of Western Cape. The overall...
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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