Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya said on Wednesday the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights that her human rights were violated by courts in Switzerland is “only the beginning” of a new chapter in her legal fight. The 32-year-old South African said in a statement she was “elated” by the decision, which “has...
United Nations Population Fund representative Gift Malunga has commended Namibia’s progress in addressing population issues and promoting the rights and choices of its people. “This commemoration serves as a powerful reminder of the pivotal role that population dynamics play in shaping a nation’s development agenda,” she said at the commemoration of World Population Day at...
Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya’s human rights were violated by courts in Switzerland, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday. The 32-year-old South African appealed to the Strasbourg-based ECHR after the Swiss supreme court rejected her appeal against World Athletics’ rules that she must take medication to lower her testosterone levels...
Double Olympic 800m runner Caster Semenya on Tuesday won her appeal to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge whether her rights had been infringed in terms of requiring women with high testosterone to reduce those levels through drugs. The 32-year-old South African, who is classed as having “differences in sexual development”, has refused...
Staff Reporter HEATHER Mwiza Sibungo, Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism, said that the exclusive rights granted to conservancies are not extended to benefit individual members of the community but are vested in the conservancies as collective entities. Sibungo made these remarks during the opening ceremony of the joint venture tourism meeting in conservancies held...
Namibians encouraged to protect rights of children in the digital realm – nbc Source link
Staff Reporter PRESIDENT Hage Geingob said that Namibia has made significant progress in advancing the rights of children, but more still needs to be done, especially concerning the development of legislation and policies that prioritize children in the digital environment. The president made these remarks in commemoration of the International Day of the African Child,...