Human rights in Malawi

The history of human rights in Malawi during recent decades is complicated.

Until 1994, conditions were unsatisfactory. Things improved after the ratification in that year of Malawi's new, "unusually progressive" constitution, which introduced multi-party democracy. However, toward the end of the presidency of Bingu wa Mutharika, who died in office in April 2012, the situation worsened, only to improve rapidly following the accession to the presidency of Mutharika's vice-president, Joyce Banda.

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