The ConCourt will today hear arguments in the Zimbabwe torture docket case, brought by the Southern Africa Litigation Centre and Zimbabwean Exiles Forum, represented by LHR, to compel SA to abide its domestic and international legal obligations to investigate and prosecute high level Zimbabwean officials accused of crimes against humanity. This is the final stage of the landmark case that began in 2008, when ZEF and SALC handed over a dossier of evidence to the South African National Prosecuting Authority and the South African Police Services, which pointed to state-sanctioned torture in Zimbabwe, following a police raid on the headquarters of the Movement for Democratic Change in 2007. In May 2012, the North Gauteng High Court held that South African authorities had not acted in accordance with their obligations under the domestic legislation and ruled that the decision had been taken unlawfully and unconstitutionally. Follow us on Twitter for live updates from court.
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 07:34:42 +0000