SALC promotes and advances human rights and the rule of law in Southern Africa, primarily through strategic litigation and capacity-strengthening support to lawyers and grassroots organisations.
SALC works in the following countries:
In addition, SALC supports litigation in South African courts that advances human rights in the southern African region.
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UPDATE: SA ARMS EXPORTS TO US
Update on US ARMS TRANSFERS
South Africa: Challenging the export of weapons to the US
Press release: SALC challenges arms trades from SA to US in court
SALC in the news: SA’s genocide case at the ICJ
APPEAL FILED IN LANDMARK CASE AGAINST US-ESWATINI DEPORTEE DEAL
Mining requires accountability
Mining company takes Zambia pollution case to Supreme Court in bid to avoid trial
Landmark human rights and environmental case trial on 10 December 2025
Amnesty International and SALC intervene on landmark multinational mining case at South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal
SALC announced as one of the 2025 Global Pluralism Award finalists
Zambian communities sue mining giants over spill disaster
Comunicado à imprensa: Três policiais da Polícia Nacional de Angola condenados em processo relacionado a violência e discriminação contra uma mulher transgênero
Xenophobia and the Africa we want
Exploring human rights, digital minefields and intersectionality in cyber politics
The first courageous annual Palapye Pride in Botswana
3 organisations honoured with 2025 Global Pluralism Award
SALC announced as one of the 2025 Global Pluralism Award finalists
Xenophobia and the Africa we want
Mining requires accountability
Kufanya kuishi kuwa kosa la jinai: Gharama ya Kibinadamu ya operesheni ya Kinondoni dhidi ya uombaji
Criminalising survival: The human cost of Kinondoni’s anti-begging crackdown
What Malawi can learn from Uganda and Kenya on refugee policy
Court ordered reform: Why are vagrancy laws still unchanged?
The cage, the bullet and the border: How Southern Africa punishes dissent and why our region must reclaim its institutions
I live under Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Here’s what 40 years of total power looks like
Tanzanian CSOs appeal East African Court ruling on online content regulations
Driven out by design: The leadership crisis behind Africa’s migration
Africa’s data, the new sovereignty frontier
APPEAL FILED IN LANDMARK CASE AGAINST US-ESWATINI DEPORTEE DEAL
