30 Jan, 2023 | Communiques, News, Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE Press release: Monday, the 30th of January 2023, 00.01 am GMT The International Commissioners, from the International Commission of Inquiry on the Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United...
25 Jan, 2023 | Communiques, News, Press Releases
The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) condemns in the strongest terms the assassination of human rights lawyer, Thulani Rudolph Maseko. We especially depreciate that Mr. Maseko was brutally shot dead in the presence of his wife and children, right inside his own home,...
22 Nov, 2022 | #PALUinCourt, Articles, News
On 11 November 2022 the EACJ scheduled the hearing of Application No. 2 of 2022: Ololosakwan Village Council & 3 Others vs The Attorney General of the United Republic of Tanzania (The Contempt of Court Application). The Applicants were represented by the PALU team...
7 Nov, 2022 | #PALUinCourt
Application 006/2012 African Commission vs Republic of Kenya The Application / case was in respect of the Ogiek of the Mau Forest. The Ogiek are a minority and indigenous ethnic group in Kenya comprising of about 20,000 members, about 15,000 of whom inhabit the...
3 Nov, 2022 | Articles, News
From 27 to 29 September 2022, representatives from over 40 organisations from over 30 countries, gathered in Stellenbosch, South Africa, for the Campaign’s Annual Convening to explore the theme: “Decriminalising Status and Activism”. The meeting, hosted...
27 Oct, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Africa concentrates 48.9% of identified industrial and semi-industrial vessels involved in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, 40% in West Africa alone which has become a global epicentre for these activities, according to a new...
18 Oct, 2022 | Articles, News, Press Releases
THE PAN AFRICAN LAWYERS UNION FOLLOWS with keen interest the developments related to the constitutional amendment process in the Central African Republic, LEARNED with great concern the attacks against the Bar Association and the Judiciary, CONDEMNS in the strongest...
18 Oct, 2022 | Articles, News, Recent Events
On 9 September 2002, at a convention held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia PALU was formally founded. Exactly two decades after its founding, on 9 September 2022, PALU returned to its home in Addis Ababa to...
17 Oct, 2022 | Articles, News
Between 27th – 28th of September 2022; Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) hosted the Pan African Conference on Illicit Financial Flows and Tax (PAC) under the theme, ‘Tax Justice Amid Multiple Crises’ in Lusaka, Zambia. The event was attended by more than 100...
3 Oct, 2022 | #PALUinCourt
On 22 September 2022: The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, delivered a Judgment in the case of Bernard Mornah v. Republic of Benin and 7 Others. The Court had requested PALU to be an amicus curiae in this case. PALU accepted and filed submissions on the...