Last week was a good week for us! We are proud to announce that LAC trustee, Esi Schimming-Chase has been appointed as Judge in the High Court of Namibia as from April 2021. We congratulate Esi on her appointment as Judge and are confident that she will acquit herself well in this very...
March 2021 - ProBono 55 - Harmful Social, Cultural and Religious Practices: What the Child Care and Protection Act says Are initiation customs such as sikenge and olufuko harmful to the girls who take part in them? Press reports on these rituals quote positive and negative perceptions from different participants. A play on...
January 2021 – Probono 54 – What is international law and why does is matter to Namibia? International law is a set of rules, norms and standards generally accepted in relations between countries. It creates common legal obligations to guide countries on cross-border issues such as war, diplomacy, trade, the environment and human...
Global Perspectives How many abortions take place each year? According to the World Health Organisation, there were an estimated 56.3 million abortions per year globally between 2010 and 2014. This means that about 25% of all pregnancies (1 out of 4) ended in abortion, legally or illegally. According to the Guttmacher...
The Legal Assistance is extremely concerned about another incident of hate speech which took place on 7 November 2020 at which it was reported that General Shalli (RTD) threatened to execute members of the opposition parties. He stated that they “should not be shot, but slaughtered.” After the recent statement...
We have updated all Proclamations regarding the "lockdown" and published them on our Constitution website. As the different emergency regulations multiply, we have edited the entire set of regulations to give greater clarity on the different dates of application of the different versions of the regulations and to introduce a more...
Zimbabwe: African Lives Matter Too ACTION Coalition calls on the President of Namibia, His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob, aswell as other SADC heads of State and the AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat to act in the interests of human rights in Zimbabwe. More in the pdf. Mr. Frederico Links Chairperson, ACTION Coalition Windhoek,...
NAMLEX APENDIX- 2020 - Guide to international law and treaties Namibia has ratified – current to July 2020 This update introduces links to the best text of each agreement which is available online. In order to know what version of each agreement currently applies to Namibia, it was necessary to examine the amendment...
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