Atilla Kisla

The recently renewed NPA should show its teeth

Opinion Atilla Kisla - 29 Jan 2021

The body should overcome its reluctance to classify atrocities as crimes against humanity, as the cases of Joao Rodrigues and Wouter Basson demonstrate

João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty

Opinion Atilla Kisla - 6 Nov 2020

The former Security Branch officer is asking the SCA for a permanent stay of appeal in the prosecution of the murder of Ahmed Timol in 1971

Hate speech and LGBTI rights: perspectives from the Jon Qwelane case

Opinion Atilla Kisla - 18 Sep 2020

South Africa has an obligation to prohibit hate speech under international law, including against LGBTI persons. But now the Constitutional Court has to decide whether the hate speech provision is constitutional

Zimbabwe: What is the current status of the Torture Docket case?

Africa Atilla Kisla - 23 May 2020

International crimes must be prosecuted and domestic jurisdictions are well placed to do this. Domestic prosecutions based on universal jurisdiction are on the rise