Welcome to the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC)
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 also provides small grants to community-based organisations.
SALC’s work is streamlined into five thematic clusters:
Recent Posts
South African arms exports: Creating a practice of double standards?
South Africa’s stance in the Palestine situation, calling for a cessation of arms transfers and standing for the protection of human rights and civilians, embodies guiding principles and criteria that…
Rural Women Confront Land Dispossession as a Form of GBV
In the predominantly women-owned agricultural lands of Serenje District in Zambia's Central Province, home of the Lala people, a lesser-known form of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) has been unfolding for several…
Mental health, patriarchy and the criminalisation of attempted suicide
According to the WHO, for every suicide in Africa, there are approximately 20 attempts. While some countries have slowly moved…
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