Faculty of Law
Centre for Human Rights
Selected Highlights from Research Findings
The research, undertaken by the Gender Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, focused specifically on the provisions of the protocol dealing with violence against women in six SADC countries (Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia). In the process, a picture emerges of the laws and policies that states have adopted to bring their legal systems in line with the Women's Protocol. It has been found that, although many states have become party to the protocol and formally accepted the treaty, there is still much to be done in the way of giving effect to the treaty in national law and practice. A report on the research was published by the Pretoria University Law Press to serve as an advocacy tool.
Contact person: Ms K Stefiszyn.
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