Press Releases:
Toni Hancox appointed new Director for LAC
08 Feb 2010: The Board of the Legal Assistance Centre announces the appointment of Toni Hancox as the new Director of the Legal Assistance Centre. This is after an extensive recruitment process which commenced in September 2009.Immigration Control Act Discriminatory to People Living with HIV
05 February 2010: Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) is calling for a section of the Immigration Control Act to be scrapped immediately as it unfairly discriminates against people living with HIV who are entering Namibia.Opinion: Withdrawing a Rape Case - Are You Making the Right Decision?
18 Dec 2009: How can a rape case be withdrawn and the suspect released, without the case appearing in court? The issue of rape case withdrawals is investigated and further explained in this article.
Success in High Court on Sterilisation Cases
16 Dec 2009: The High Court today agreed with the Legal Assistance Centre that the Public Service Act does not apply to the forced sterilisation cases, in which the LAC is representing several women suing the Government of Namibia for damages.
Human Rights Day 2009: Embrace Diversity, End Discrimination
10 Dec 2009: Learn more about Discrimination that Namibians Continue to Encounter in this Q&A With LAC Director Norman Tjombe.
LAC to Fight for Right to Adequate Sanitisation, Water
30 Nov 2009: Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) has announced plans to take legal action against the municipality for the failure to provide adequate water and sanitisation facilities to the community.International Children's Rights Movement Celebrates 20th Anniversary
19 Nov 2009: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), adopted on 20 November 1989, celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. But is enough being done?LAC In the Headlines:
- 28 May 2009: Human Rights Continue to be Under Threat in Namibia
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28 May 2009: Economic Crisis a Human Rights Time Bomb
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28 May 2009: Women Claim 'Forcibly' Sterilised at State Hospitals
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20 May 2009: Gam Farmers Face Civil Suit
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Norman Tjombe
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