Malawi courts will start hearing cases of sexual denial in marriage whereby husbands or wives, who have been victims of sex intimacy denial from their marriage homes will now have opportunity to seek legal remedies. In Malawi sex-withholding is so widespread arising from family disputes. A special law commission has recommended to government that victims of […]
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Samuel Tembenu has said there is no law that prevents lawyers from self-representing in criminal cases. Tembenu said in parliament after Lilongwe Central MP Lobin Lowe of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) raised the issue if behaviour of some lawyers, “who are suspects and, under the laws of Malawi, are able to […]
Legal experts attending a public debate on the relevance of Vagrancy Laws in Malawi have called on the Law Commission to review the law as it targets the poor. The debate, which took place at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe on Friday, pooled together high court judges, lawyers, the police and activists to discuss the Vagrancy Law, […]
Many people Malawi are supporting for the retention and implementation of capital punishment on the offenders. This has been revealed by the Malawi’s Attorney general Antony Kamanga who was opening the seminar for the lawyers on sensitization on sentencing on capital offences in the capital Lilongwe on Tuesday. Malawi Human Rights Commission in conjunction with […]
A new law on child adoption in Malawi is proposing to ban gays and lesbians from adopting children. The law will also not allow individuals found to have unsound mind and former convicted criminals to adopt Malawian children. The proposals were unveiled by Malawi’s special Law Commission chairperson Judge Esmie Chombo in the capital Lilongwe […]