Prof Bonita Meyersfeld
@bonimeyersfeld.bsky.social
Associate professor at the Wits University School of Law and Advocate at the Johannesburg Bar. My areas of specialty are gender justice, international law, and business and human rights
“If South Africa is truly serious about upholding international law and human rights, it must drastically change its practice of arms exports. There is no space for double standards. Economic gains or benefits cannot justify human suffering.”
Excellent piece by @atillakisla.bsky.social
Excellent piece by @atillakisla.bsky.social
🚨#ArmsTransfers: SALC‘s Atilla Kisla on latest ICJ case (Sudan v UAE) on violations of Genocide Convention through the lens of SA‘s #ArmsExports to the UAE - SA‘s fight for human rights cannot afford disconnect between words and actions of arms trade‼️
SA’s arms exports to UAE, a state accused of violating Genocide Convention
In 2023, South Africa sold nearly R88 million worth of arms to the United Arab Emirates, to support a paramilitary group in Sudan
mg.co.za
March 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“If South Africa is truly serious about upholding international law and human rights, it must drastically change its practice of arms exports. There is no space for double standards. Economic gains or benefits cannot justify human suffering.”
Excellent piece by @atillakisla.bsky.social
Excellent piece by @atillakisla.bsky.social
In case you missed it: I unpack a recent judgment which protects the rights of victims and survivors of gender-based violence to name and shame their perpetrators publicly
Victims of gender-based violence in South Africa face defamation cases for naming perpetrators. Courts rule naming isn't harassment. ⚖️
theconversation.com/naming-and-s...
#ArtsCultureAndSociety #GBV
#Justice
theconversation.com/naming-and-s...
#ArtsCultureAndSociety #GBV
#Justice
Naming and shaming rape suspects: South African court ruling challenges current thinking
A South African court judgment makes it clear that accusing someone by name is not necessarily harassment.
theconversation.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
In case you missed it: I unpack a recent judgment which protects the rights of victims and survivors of gender-based violence to name and shame their perpetrators publicly
My latest piece for @africa.theconversation.com unpacks the judgment in LW v KCA which finds that publicly naming perpetrators of gender-based violence does not necessarily constitute "harassment" under the Protection from Harassment Act
#NameAndShame #MeToo #EndGBV
#NameAndShame #MeToo #EndGBV
Victims of gender-based violence in South Africa face defamation cases for naming perpetrators. Courts rule naming isn't harassment. ⚖️
theconversation.com/naming-and-s...
#ArtsCultureAndSociety #GBV
#Justice
theconversation.com/naming-and-s...
#ArtsCultureAndSociety #GBV
#Justice
Naming and shaming rape suspects: South African court ruling challenges current thinking
A South African court judgment makes it clear that accusing someone by name is not necessarily harassment.
theconversation.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
My latest piece for @africa.theconversation.com unpacks the judgment in LW v KCA which finds that publicly naming perpetrators of gender-based violence does not necessarily constitute "harassment" under the Protection from Harassment Act
#NameAndShame #MeToo #EndGBV
#NameAndShame #MeToo #EndGBV
In case you missed it: My latest case note for the South African Journal on Human Rights has been published open access
My latest article for the South African Journal on Human Rights “Using the Protection from Harassment Act to silence victims of rape from naming their perpetrators: LW v KCA” is available open access
Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
In case you missed it: My latest case note for the South African Journal on Human Rights has been published open access
What a delight to welcome a good friend and colleague in
Christopher Gevers home to @calsza.bsky.social and the Wits School of Law
Christopher Gevers home to @calsza.bsky.social and the Wits School of Law
A huge thank you to everyone who gave Prof Christopher Gevers a warm welcome to CALS today, including our colleagues from the Wits School of Law; Wits Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management; Wits Law Clinic and @raithfoundation.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
What a delight to welcome a good friend and colleague in
Christopher Gevers home to @calsza.bsky.social and the Wits School of Law
Christopher Gevers home to @calsza.bsky.social and the Wits School of Law
My latest article for the South African Journal on Human Rights “Using the Protection from Harassment Act to silence victims of rape from naming their perpetrators: LW v KCA” is available open access
Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 31, 2025 at 9:17 AM
My latest article for the South African Journal on Human Rights “Using the Protection from Harassment Act to silence victims of rape from naming their perpetrators: LW v KCA” is available open access
Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....