Articles - 2017

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March 2017

Press Release: Access to justice still elusive for many Africans, Afrobarometer survey finds
THE United Nations Mechanism Launches New Version of Case Law Database
SADC Model Law on Child Marriage An Update on Law Reform in the Sadc Region
A Matter of Justice: The judge who doused the fire of Big Tobacco

June 2017

Copyright & A2k Issues - Testing

July 2017

Three Decades On, the Protection of Human Rights in Africa Comes of Age?
Human Rights Commission on judgment by Equality Court on UIF benefits for asylum seeker
Zambia’s highest court takes stand on human rights
Regional judges meet to promote law as a tool to strengthen the HIV response in Africa
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT v SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY & 13 OTHERS

September 2017

When a judge allegedly goes rogue...
BHRC raises concern for lawyers in Tanzania amid shooting of Law Society President

October 2017

Human rights organisations welcome Zambia’s confirmation of informed consent to HIV testing and treatment
Kenya presidential election cancelled by Supreme Court
Boko Haram suspects on trial in Nigeria's Kainji town

December 2017

What are the key requirements for a new LII's structure?
Emi MacLean, Right to Information and Access to Legal Information
Thomas R. Bruce, The practical side of high principles: a lowbrow view
Chief Justice Egonda-Ntende, Access to the Law: Remarks to the Access to African Supranational and Regional Law Seminar, 5-6 Johannesburg, South Africa
Mariya Badeva-Bright, Free Access to Regional Law in Africa
Opening Remarks by Evelyn Edroma, Policy Advisor, Access to Justice and Human Rights, UNDP Regional Service Centre in Johannesburg
Kerry Anderson, Feedback Loop for the Law
Watna Horemans, The African Human Rights Case Law Analyser A Collection of decisions from the African Human Rights System A
Flavio Zeni, Access and ICT Opportunities
Michael Murungi, Open Access to Public Legal Information – Thoughts and Lessons from Kenya
Magnus Killander, Lack of access to information in African regional inter-governmental organizations
Sunkarie Ballah-Conteh ICTR Policies and Practices with respect to Legal Information
Roger Gachago, The Southern African Legal Information Institute
Anneke Meerkotter, Challenges and Opportunities for Access to Regional Law - a Practitioner's View from Southern Africa

Anneke Meerkotter's view is the legal and policy information from regional and treaty bodies in Africa:

Monica Achode Speaks about Processing Caselaw and Production of the Kenya Law Reports
Ann Asugah Presents KLR's Legislation Publishing Practices
Kerry Anderson on Technology for Law Publishing
Mariya Badeva-Bright on Legal Research on an LII
Linda Ochieng Talks Legal Research
Joseph Ssinabulya Talks ICTs at the Uganda Judiciary
Martin Mbui on Technology at the National Council for Law Reporting in Kenya
Training materials on managing legal information
LII in a Box: A Content Management System for Law

Do you have cases, legislation and other legal information that you want to make available via the Internet? Do you want to run your own legal information website?

Mariya Badeva-Bright on Standard Compliant Content Collection
Copyright & A2K Issues - 18 December 2017 (Christmas Greetings)