It is now generally accepted that the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (African Charter or the Charter) is the overarching normative instrument in the African human rights system. In almost all discourse relating ...

In 2010, judicial and non-juridical human rights developments continued to grow within the framework of three of the most active regional economic communities in Africa, albeit at different paces. During the year, the ...

In 2012, the abolition of individual access to the Southern Africa Development Community Tribunal all but put a final nail to the budding human rights regime that was growing in the region. However, the two other main ...

Following a decision of the High Court of Zimbabwe that the SADC Tribunal is not recognised in the Zimbabwean Constitution as superior to the national courts in Zimbabwe, there was an outcry in sections of the media and ...

Following the controversy that accompanied Zimbabwe’s declaration that it would not comply with the decision of the SADC Tribunal against it in the Campbell case and the refusal of the Zimbabwean municipal courts to ...