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Archive 2018<\/span><\/h2>\n

Same rights as freehold land apply<\/a><\/strong>
\nIn a landmark ruling, the Namibian Supreme Court has granted a woman in Zambezi legal ownership of her land under customary
\nlaws.
\nNew Era<\/a>
\nAllafrica<\/a>
\nNamibianSun<\/a>
\nFull Judgment<\/a><\/p>\n

2nd LAND CONFERENCE<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– 28 September 2018<\/p>\n

The Legal Assistance Centre is aware of reports that a number of civil society organisations and other movements have opted to boycott the above Land Conference. We respect and understand their positions.
\nAfter lengthy discussion we have opted to take part in the Conference. We hasten to say that we have serious concerns about the composition of delegates invited to the Conference which we believe is particularly weighted in favour of government. However, this is also an\u00a0opportunity for dialogue\u00a0<\/em>and for us to argue a perspective based on the law and on evidence we have collected from the grassroots communities we deal with on a daily basis. This perspective may not come to light to the delegates in any other manner.
\nWe place on the record that the LAC\u2019s attendance should not be used to legitimize the process but should be seen as an opportunity for us\u00a0to raise reasoned legal and constitutional issues as well as factual information<\/em>\u00a0gleaned from our extensive engagement with concerns of access to land.
\nAs the spokesperson from Right to Know (R2K) said at a breakfast meeting hosted by the Action Coalition and the Namibia Media Trust this morning:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a space for civil society outside the room and a space for civil society inside the room.\u201d
\nWe aim to be both.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press release<\/a>:<\/strong>
\nThe Legal Assistance Centre held a training workshop on\u00a0WILDLIFE CRIME\u00a0<\/strong>for 16 local\/regional prosecutors, magistrates, MET park wardens and investigators from Nampol. The training was held in Divundu, Kavango East Region, facilitated by the LAC, Advocate Daniel Small, two project officers from TRAFFIC Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network and a private investigator.
\nIn the media:\u00a0AZ<\/a>,\u00a0Nampa<\/a>,\u00a0Lela<\/a><\/p>\n

Sharing information on Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Rights: German Government supports Legal Assistance Centre<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On 22 August 2018, German Ambassador Christian Schlaga and Toni Hancox, Director of the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC), signed a funding agreement on LAC\u2019s project \u201cSharing information on Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Rights\u201d. The German Government supports this human rights project with 683.000,00 Namibian Dollar.
\nLAC Press release<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Photo<\/a>
\nNew Era “Star of the Week<\/a>“<\/span><\/p>\n

Same rights as freehold land apply<\/a><\/strong>
\nIn a landmark ruling, the Namibian Supreme Court has granted a woman in Zambezi legal ownership of her land under customary
\nlaws.
\nNew Era<\/a>
\nAllafrica<\/a>
\nNamibianSun<\/a>
\nFull Judgment<\/a><\/p>\n

30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

We were celebrating our 30th anniversary during the first week of July 2018. Human rights is our business and we encourage debate and education. Several debates took place at two symposiums while we also had an OPEN OFFICE DAY together with distribution of educational material about human rights issues.
\nSee also the article in the\u00a0Namibian Sun<\/a><\/p>\n

Our celebratory\u00a0BUSINESS BREAKFAST\u00a0<\/strong>was held on Monday morning at Roof of Africa to introduce the business comunity to the work that we do. For that purpose an\u00a0Anniversary Film<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was produced by Dudley Viall.<\/p>\n

Civil society deeply concerned about attack on HR defender in Mozambique<\/strong>
\nIt is with sadness that the undersigned civil society organisations express deep concern about the attack on Mozambique human rights defender, Ericino de Salema, which took place in Maputo on 27th March 2018.\u00a0Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Himba chief loses official status<\/strong>
\nVETERAN Ovahimba traditional leader Hikuminue Kapika has lost his official designation as chief of his community in the Epupa area of the Kunene region.\u00a0(by Werner Menges of the Namibian<\/a>) or\u00a0here<\/a>.
\nMutaambanda Kapika versus Ministry of Urban and Rural Development and others\u00a0(case law)<\/a><\/p>\n

25 years of service to women, children<\/strong><\/a>
\n27 February 2018:\u00a0 This month the Gender Research and Advocacy\u00a0 Project (GR&AP) of the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) celebrated 25 years of groundbreaking work that has touched the lives of many Namibian women and children.<\/p>\n

Fathers to pay interest on child support<\/strong><\/a>
\n23 February 2018:\u00a0 NAMIBIAN men who default on paying maintenance for their children could be forced to pay interest on the arrears,
\naccording to a proposal by attorney general Albert Kawana.<\/p>\n

Press release:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>The LSSA will this week from 5-7 February 2018, take to court its challenge of the constitutionality of President Jacob Zuma\u2019s part in sponsoring the demise of the SADC Tribunal in its original form.
\nThe court challenge by LSSA is part of a region wide effort by law societies of the SADC Region in terms of a resolution by the SADC-LA Council to challenge and engage governments for allowing the removal of the SADC Tribunal\u2019s jurisdiction over individual and institutional rights cases.
\nComments in this regard are welcomed on our\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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