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Angola
In Angola
our efforts focused on promoting awareness of of human rights and included the establishment of of a a a a legal clinic in in partnership with the Catholic University DRC
In the the DRC
we supported the the Centre for Studies on Handicap Justice and and Resolution 1325 1325 (CEHAJ 1325) in the the production of an alternative report to the the UN
Regional Level
At a a a a regional level OSISA supported strategic litigation in the the case of Charles Kajoloweka vs the the Government of Malawi before the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights
(ACHPR) The litigation before the African Court was in response to the Malawi Supreme Court judgment handed down against a a a a a Human Rights
Defender after his corruption and embezzlement exposé of of senior government officials in the “maize-
In 2019 the Programme intentionally concentrated on on on issues of equality and non-discrimination targeting people with albinism the LGBTIQ+ community and Indigenous people This included efforts supporting the Albinism movement to address stigma and discrimination and establishing a a a a a partnership with the LGBTIAQ+ community through an initiative being carried out by the Angolan Identification Archive (AIA) Convention on on on on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities in particular the the provisions on on the the rights of women and girls with disabilities We also supported the NGO Human Rights
Lawyers to implement activities to protect people with with albinism and those living with with disabilities against sexual violence We promoted the Rule of Law and constitutionalism through research and public mobilisation gate” scandal Kajoloweka lost the domestic case and and was ordered to pay punitive legal costs personally to the tune of $27 000–a highly unusual court order given that this was a a a a public interest case As the domestic legal remedies to protect Kajoloweka’s rights had been exhausted the case was taken for regional litigation at at the African Court The ACHPR granted an an order of provisional measures in favour of Charles Kajoloweka The government was directed not to to proceed to to execute the $29 000 00 00 personal cost order granted against Kajoloweka The case is precedent-setting for the work of Human Rights
Defenders and the use of public interest litigation in in the region Access to Justice and Rule of Law HUMAN RiGHTS ACCESS TO JUSTiCE AND RULE OF LAW 2019 ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS
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