Event Reports

Women’s Land Rights in Africa: Reflections on Remedying Normative and Cultural Exclusion

This is the report of the third session on Women’s Land Rights and Development in Africa: Reflections on Addressing and Remedying Normative and Cultural Exclusion.

Women’s Land Rights in Africa: Legal Enforcement & Promotion of Participation in Land Administration

This is the report of the second session on Women’s Land Rights and Development in Africa that focused on the Legal Enforcement and Promotion of Participation in Land Administration.

Impact of COVID-19 on the Right to Health in Africa

The online seminar sought to interrogate the impact of COVID-19 on the right to health from an African perspective.

INTRODUCING WOMEN’S LAND RIGHTS, NORMATIVE AND CULTURAL EXCLUSION IN AFRICA

This is the report of the first of a three-part series seminar on Women’s Land Rights and Development in Africa held on 20th July 2020.

16TH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ SEMINAR: JUDICIAL POWER IN MODERN SOCIETY

The Rule of Law Program for Sub Saharan Africa supported the participation of African students from Kenyatta University at the 16th International Students’ Seminar that was held in Vilnius, Lithuania.

2019 ANNUAL JURISTS’ CONFERENCE (AJC)

The Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ-Kenya) in collaboration with KAS convened its 21st Annual Jurists’ Conference (AJC), under the theme “Technology, development and the rule of law: Challenges, options and emerging opportunities” in November 2019.

CONFERENCE ON JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF THE GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION OF SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

Key actors met in Johannesburg on 27th to 29th November 2019 to address the central theme, “Whether the current international legal framework provides adequate recourse and justice for victims and survivors of the gross human rights violation of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (‘SGBV’).”

Fachkonferenz zum Thema "Das südliche Afrika nach dem Wahljahr 2019"

1. Veranstaltung am 09.12.2019 in Berlin (Kooperationspartner: SWP)
2. Veranstaltung am 10.12.2019 in Freiburg (Kooperationspartner: Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut)

In der vergangenen Woche fand die Fachkonferenz zum Thema „Das südliche Afrika nach dem Wahljahr 2019“ statt. Im Rahmen eines Expertengesprächs in Berlin (Kooperationspartner: SWP) und einer öffentlichkeitswirksamen Veranstaltung in Freiburg (Kooperationspartner: Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut) wurde diskutiert, was die Wiederwahl der regierenden Befreiungsbewegungen für die politische Entwicklung der Länder bedeutet und welche Herausforderungen sich darauf für die deutsche Zusammenarbeit mit diesen Ländern ergeben.

Multilateraler Dialog: Gröhe kündigt neues KAS-Büro in Äthiopien an

Anlässlich seines ersten Besuches in Äthiopien kündigte der stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Hermann Gröhe MdB, die Eröffnung eines Büros der KAS in Äthiopien an.

WORKSHOP ON JUDICIAL CORRUPTION AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY IN AFRICA

The workshop will bring together some of the leading players on the continent including judges, lawyers, representatives of Judicial Service Commissions, representatives of regional Bar and Bench Associations and representatives of select civil society organisations working in the area of access to justice and administration of justice.