Roger Gachago spoke about the genesis and development of SAFLII. User statistics show the website is well utilizied at present. Roger presented a graph that shows the dramatic increase in unique visitors over the lifespan of the project. The need for access to law is there and increasing. LIIs seem to be good at providing access to the law.
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Just like the inevitable thunder of the "smoke" of the Zambezi at Victoria Falls, where this year's Southern African Chief Justices Forum conference took place, so is the flood of the Fourth Industrial Revolution engulfing the African justice sector. The theme of the conference was The Judiciary and Technology in Africa. In my presentation to the Forum, I proposed that African judiciaries have an opportunity to engage with the technologies shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution now. This engagement should focus on formulating policies and practices that support equitable development of new technologies in the justice sector and in a way that ensures respect for human rights, transparency, efficiency and enhanced access to justice. In addition, judiciaries should invest in programmes to train judges and equip the judicial administration with the necessary interdisciplinary skills and knowledge to fully engage with this new reality.
AfricanLII and Laws.Africa develop and maintain the Indigo Legislation Platform, which makes it easier for you, government, commercial and non-profit organizations to capture, update and use legislation.
Opening address by Judge Sylvain Oré on occasion of the second training session for counsel on the roster of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, Arusha, July 2018.
The Customary Land Act, 2016 of Malawi commenced in March 2018. The commencement notice was followed by Customary Land Regulations, 2018 in April 2018.
Historic settlement reached in silicosis case.