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Legal Grounds III, Online edition, with updates and links to decisions:

Cover and preliminaries
Table of Contents
Table of Cases (2008-2016) by Country
Foreword,  by Charles G. Ngwena 

Chapter One: Introduction  

Chapter Two: Children and Adolescents

Child, Forced and Early Marriage

Female Genital Mutilation

Sexual Abuse, Assault and Violence

Consensual Sexual Conduct

Student Pregnancy

Chapter Three: Maternal Health Care and Services

Chapter Four: Abortion and Fetal Interests

Abortion

Wrongful Birth or Life

Chapter Five: Adoption and Surrogacy

Adoption

Surrogacy

Chapter Six: Gender, Sexuality, Women and Discrimination

Rape

Disability, Sexuality and Criminal Law

Sexual Harassment

  • *Rita M Mbatha v Farai B Zizhou & Anor, [2021] HH675-21,  HC 4986/14. (High Court of Zimbabwe at Harare), 20 October 2021,  Decision online.  Decision PDF. [Court awarded damages for sexual harassment at work.]

Women and Criminal Law

  • Lucy Nyambura & Another v Town Clerk, Municipal Council of Mombasa & 2 Others [2011] eKLR, Petition No. 286 of 2009 (High Court of Kenya).   Decision online. Decision PDF.  [Conviction for loitering for purposes of prostitution held constitutional.]
  • Dorothy Njemanze & 3 Ors V Federal Republic of Nigeria: Suit No: ECW/CCJ/APP/17/14, decided October 12, 2017 (ECOWAS Court, Abuja, Nigeria)  Decision online. Decision PDFPress release.  Summary by Benson Chakaya.  
    [Nigeria fined by ECOWAS Court for mistreatment of women, alleged prostitutes, by law enforcement personnel, under vagrancy laws.]
  • *Mayeso Gwanda v. the State, Constitutional Case No 5. 2015, decided January 10, 2017  (High Court of Malawi.  Decision online Decision PDF   [vagrancy law challenged on human rights grounds in case of male vendor], [cites unreported 2007 Malawian "Mwanza" decision about 13 women, discussed on p. 127 of Legal Grounds III.
  • *Advocaid Ltd. v. Republic of Sierra Leone.  Application No. ECW/CCJ/APP/18/22, Judgment No. ECW/CCJ/JUD/33/24, decided November 7, 2024 (ECOWAS Court)  Decision online. Decision PDFPress Release by IHRDA. [ECOWAS Court favoured Advocaid, which argued that discriminatory laws against loitering target the vulnerable and provide police with opportunities to accost, rape or sexually abuse women who cannot afford bribes.]

Gender Identity, Intersexuality, Transgender Rights

Sexual Orientation

Recognition of LGBTIQ Advocacy and Groups

Chapter Seven: HIV

Access to Treatment

Stigma, and Criminalisation of Transmission

Forced Sterilization

Discrimination in Employment

Chapter Eight: Francophone Africa  /  L’Afrique Francophone

Online Legal Resources

Full Citation Information and Case Links


*Updates, not in Legal Grounds III, are marked with one asterisk.

** We thank Prof. Ebenezer Durojaye for facilitating this case comment, and others by African law students, marked with two asterisks.


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