Call for Evidence for People's Tribunal on Economic Crime 19/09/2017 Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg First Hearings: 8-12 November 2017
CALS contributes to Amnesty International publication 05/09/2017 CALS Deputy Director Lisa Chamberlain adds to publication on accessing remedies for corporate human rights abuses
Lawyers against Abuse is recruting 29/08/2017 LvA seeks to appoint an Attorney on a full-time basis, based in Diepsloot, Johannesburg
BHRRC is recruiting 21/08/2017 Business and Human Rights Resource Centre is seeking a Programme Manager for its Corporate Legal Accountability work
CALS and Black Sash welcome Con Court order on social grant enquiry 04/08/2017 Con Court orders Justice Bernard Ngoepe to be appointed as referee in case against SASSA
Call to end gross human rights violations in Sudan 25/07/2017 Call by Human Rights Organisations for Urgent Intervention by the South African government to stop gross human rights violations in the Republic of South Sudan
200 Young South Africans 30/06/2017 CALS is very proud to announce that Nomonde Nyembe has been listed as one of the Mail & Guardian's 200 Young South Africans for 2017
Victory for Community Activist Victimised by Mine 28/06/2017 Court overturns cost order sought against community activist by West Coast Resources
Government should support UN resolutions on women and children 22/06/2017 Civil society calls on government to support resolutions to address violence against women & to end child marriage currently before the UN Human Rights Council
CALS welcomes release of Mining Charter 19/06/2017 New Mining Charter incorporates transformative changes from CALS reports
Teddy Bear Foundation and CALS Welcome Judgment In Sidney Frankel case 19/06/2017 Court finds prescription periods for prosecuting any sexual offences invalid
Latest judgment in social grants case 15/06/2017 Con Court orders that Minister Dlamini be joined to social grants case in personal capacity
Teddy Bear Foundation and CALS Enter Sidney Frankel Sexual Assault Case 18/05/2017 Court to hear argument on prescription periods for prosecuting sexual assault
PILG Save the Date 03/05/2017 Save the date for this year's Public Interest Law Gathering from 24 - 26 July 2017 at the University of the Western Cape
Black Sash takes SASSA to Constitutional Court over grants 28/02/2017 The Black Sash Trust, represented by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies, launches Constitutional Court application against SASSA to protect social grants
Shelter case to be heard in the Constitutional Court 15/02/2017 CALS challenges the gendered impact of City of Johannesburg shelter rules
Mining charter challenged 06/02/2017 Legal challenge to the transformative aspirations of the Mining Charter continues
Community activist victimised by mine 03/02/2017 West Coast Resources seeks cost order to silence community activist
Open letter to Ministers Nkoana-Mashabane and Masutha 11/11/2016 A call to uphold constitutional commitments and to vote against the resolution to suspend the work of UN expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
The New Way Forward for BRICS Bank 25/07/2016 Groups call for openness and commitment to sustainability
Register for Public Interest Law Gathering 18/07/2016 A Coming Together of Public Interest Law Practitioners in South Africa
Public Interest Law Gathering 2016 29/06/2016 A Coming Together of Public Interest Law Practitioners in South Africa
Solidarity with #BopheloHouse94 and the right to protest 20/06/2016 Statement of support by the Right2Know Campaign
Tshisimani is recruiting 27/05/2016 The Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education is keen to support the development and offering from 2017 of a programme for lawyers involved in social justice law
Victory for Freedom Park Community 16/03/2016 Court orders Gauteng MEC for Housing to provide policies on RDP housing allocation.
Vacancy at Wits Justice Project 12/11/2015 Applications for the appointment to the full time position of Project Co-ordinator of the Wits Justice Project (WJP) are now open.
Detention of Hossam Bahgat 10/11/2015 Statement on the detention of Hossam Bahgat by members of the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations.
Charges against protesters withdrawn 09/11/2015 Charges against 141 protesting workers and students withdrawn.
FeesMustFall Union Buildings March 24/10/2015 Yesterday, CALS – a human rights organisation based at the School of Law at Wits University – marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Tribute to Gednezar Dladla 21/10/2015 CALS mourns the loss of Mr Gednezar Dladla, who passed away on the morning of 18 October 2015.
National Action Plans 16/10/2015 African and Asian researchers submit final report for UN project on national action plans for business and human rights to the UN Working Group.
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