Engagement with the Registrar of Political Parties on Political Party Funding and Subsequent Litigation- Judicial Review Case Number 14 of 2022: The State (On the Application of Malawi Law Society) v Registrar General (As Registrar of Political Parties).
On 20th July 2021, the MLS wrote the Registrar of Political Parties in terms of the Constitution [sections 37 and 12(1)(a) and (f)] as read with the LELPA [section 64(d)] and the Access to Information Act [section 15]. The MLS requested that he provides the MLS with information reflecting on
The MLS’s Meeting with the Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament on the Proposal to Amend Constitution to provide for Contract Judges
On 3rd July, 2021, the MLS released a press statement responding to the Executive and Legislative Branch of Government, on the appointment of two High Court Judges to serve at Malawi Government foreign missions and a proposal developed by the Executive Branch heading to Parliament then to amend the Constitution
Human Rights Projects: The UN Women Spotlight Initiative
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Members of the Executive Committee and the Chief Executive Officer, Mzati Mbeko (far right) during one of the meetings during the project.[/caption]
The UN Women Spotlight Initiative is project which started in April, 2021. It was initially supposed to be completed on 29th June 2021 but it was extended and finally closed on 31st July 2021 at Zomba. The Spotlight project was implemented in 9 Traditional Authorities of Nsanje district. By taking part in implementing this LELPA that seeks to protect matters of public interest touching, ancillary or incidental to the law.