Carmel Rickard

The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE to become 106th Archbishop of Canterbury  | The Archbishop of Canterbury His Majesty The King has approved the nomination of the Bishop of London, the Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, Downing Street has announced.

And in other news, particularly welcome today when things seem so awful in the real world ....
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Top judges back Uganda's outdated divorce laws - Carmel Rickard writes... Uganda’s constitutional court has decided that the country’s divorce laws, requiring strict proof of dastardly sexual behaviour by one of the parties before a judicial divorce will be granted, are qui...

Senior Uganda judges back outdated divorce laws

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Children's song helps convict rapist father - Carmel Rickard writes... A popular action song, widely taught to children in Kenya and elsewhere to help protect them from sexual predation, has played a key role in detecting the rape of a four-year-old by her own father and...

A terrible story but with a significant message to teachers and others: teaching kids easy songs about their bodies being off-limits to abusers does actually work!

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Ritual killings, legal loophole on death penalty laws in Zimbabwe - Carmel Rickard writes... A recent decision by Zimbabwe’s supreme court illustrates, yet again, the problem of ritual killings – murders in the name of witchcraft – and how the courts should deal with them. But this particular...

Zim parliament created unintended problems when it abolished the death penalty - apex court points this out, suggests changes needed

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Appeal court insists on transparency from judges, probity from counsel - Carmel Rickard writes... Uganda’s appeal court has delivered a major decision that insists essential legal principles must be observed by both the courts themselves and by practitioners who appear in the courts. The three app...

Uganda's appeal court's welcome landmark decision on judicial transparency wp.me/pal8uF-xC

Ugandan law students wrestle with real-life human rights issues - Carmel Rickard writes... law students quizzed on real human rights problems in Uganda

Law lecturers at Makerere University in Uganda ensure students are prepared for the real-life rule of law challenges in their country. wp.me/pal8uF-xu

Kenya’s pact of silence with its military is breaking A BBC documentary on security forces killing protesters ignited a firestorm in Kenya – but not for what it revealed.

Writing a piece about #legal & #humanrights developments in #EastAfrica during this first week of May. On the way, I found this assessment of the controversy re #BBC documentary on #Kenya military killing protesters. It's a good read: www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...