The five programme areas are Democracy and Governance, Rule of Law Read more, Human Rights, International Affairs and Organizational Development.
Strategic Objectives
To have elections that allow for free expression of citizens, yielding results [that] are respected; To contribute to greater transparency and accountability in public institutions; and To contribute towards strengthening of institutions of democracy and governance
Current Activities
Country Assessments on Democracy and Good Governance; High Level Advocacy Missions on the Democratisation and Electoral Processes; Election Monitoring and Observation; Monitoring of human rights, Democratic Development in the SADC region.
Strategic Objectives
To contribute towards the strengthening of and independence and accountability of the judiciary institutions in SADC; and To contribute towards the credibility of the legal profession in the SADC
Current Activities
Advocacy on the reinstatement and strengthening of the SADC Tribunal; and Building Capacity of Lawyers to utilise supra-national Tribunals or Courts
Strategic Objectives
To contribute to laws / practices that allow higher degree of participation of women in social, economic, political sectors in the SADC; To contribute towards SADC minimum conditions of prisons & rights of prisoners; To have the rights of human rights defenders protected by national laws, policies and institutions.
Current Activities
Country Studies/Assessments on Human Rights; Training of Lawyers on Human Rights; Litigation on human rights cases of public interest; Development of and advocacy for the adoption of the SADC Standard Minimum Guidelines for the Treatment and Management of Detainees;/ Learning and Sharing Experiences on Management of Prisons in the SADC Countries; and/ Advocacy for the Rights of Prisoners,
Strategic Objectives
To be part of the knowledge base that guides law societies on EPAs protocol; To have standards of practice of law in the SADC region that create a basis for harmonization; and To have a mechanism that compels SADC countries to respect / implement tribunal verdicts.
Strategic Objectives
Current Activities