Pushing forward and ahead to safeguard SRHR Rights!: Strategic litigation in the face of anti-rights backlash in Africa
Strategic litigation in Africa has emerged as a powerful catalyst for advancing and protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), by utilizing individual cases to promote the clarification, respect,...
Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa
Rights Up: The Oxford Human Rights Hub Podcast · Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa In this episode, Almas Shaikh talks with Dr Anthony Ubani and Dr Wycliffe Nyachoti...
Implementing Imperfect Laws or Fighting for Law Reform: A Closer Look at Sexual Harassment Laws
In a 2024 report on sexual harassment laws in Africa, the inconsistency in definitions and fragmented approaches to reporting, investigations and punitive measures was found to be a significant challenge....
Using Science for Justice: The Implications of the Expert Consensus Statement on Zimbabwe’s HIV Criminalisation Law
Criminalising HIV emboldens the dangerous myth that people living with HIV are culpable for the epidemic.
Landmark Transgender Ruling in Zimbabwe: An Opening for Future LGBTQIA Activism and Litigation?
On the 14th of November 2019, Judge Bere of the High Court of Zimbabwe ruled in favour of Ricky (Rikki) Nathanson, a transgender woman, who was suing the police for...
Coup, Constitution and Commission: Commission of Inquiry into Zimbabwean Electoral Violence Confirms Military Killings of Civilians
In a series of earlier posts, I have tracked a series of events in Zimbabwe beginning with the military-assisted coup to remove Robert Mugabe and install Emmerson Mnangagwa as President....
Standard of Proof in Zimbabwe’s Presidential Petition: A Response
On 5 September 2018, renowned scholar Alex Magaisa published a piece on the standard of proof in Zimbabwe’s presidential petition. He argued that the ruling of the Constitutional Court led...
Zimbabwe’s Presidential Petition: The Standard of Proof
The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe (the Court) last week upheld the election of Emmerson Mnangagwa as the duly elected president of Zimbabwe. The decision came after a legal challenge by...
Coup, Constitution and the Court: Zimbabwean Constitutional Court whitewashes flawed rigged elections
Today, the Constitutional Court dismissed a legal challenge to Zimbabwe’s presidential elections. In my previous post, I reported on the conduct of the elections and the ensuing military crackdown. Information...
Coup, Constitution and the Count: Zimbabwe’s Disputed Elections
In November 2017, Robert Mugabe’s 38-year rule ended. At the time, I called this what it was – a coup – though popular among many Zimbabweans who thronged the streets...
Coup and Constitution in Zimbabwe Part 2: A Path Back to Constitutionalism
In my previous post, I observed that the military action in Zimbabwe – whatever name it goes by – made a profound rupture in the rule of law and that...
Coup and Constitution in Zimbabwe Part 1: The Military Action is Profoundly Unconstitutional
On 14 November 2017, the Zimbabwe Defence Force (ZDF) took control of key parts of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. Military personnel placed tanks and military vehicles on arterial roads, seized the...
