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09 March 2022
On the 10th of March 2022 the South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) in the Eastern Cape will be conducting site inspections and monitoring activities at schools within the Gqeberha area. The inspections will be led by the area focus Commissioner for basic education, National Commissioner Adv A Gaum and will focus on infrastructure and racism complaints received from the region.
Venue: The Capital Hotel, Melrose Arch
Dates: 9-11 March 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission or the SAHRC) is hosting an International Summit on Tuesday, the 9th March 2022.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The SAHRC KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office will conduct training for civil society and government officials on pro-human rights budgeting and advocacy. The training session will be facilitated by the Centre for Economic Governance and Accountability in Africa (CEGAA).
08 March 2022
The Mpumalanga Provincial Office (MPO) will be hosting a workshop on children’s rights following rising numbers of learner pregnancy amid Covid-19 as well as enquiries relating to allegations of sexual violations of learners by educators within the province.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
In commemoration of Human Rights Month in March, the South African Human Rights Commission will be conducting a human rights outreach initiative in three schools in Gauteng. The outreach aims to capacitate learners on their human rights and responsibilities, the significance of Human Rights Day, and highlight the role that young people have played (and continue to play) in shaping the political and economic landscape of the country.
07 March 2022
The Mpumalanga Provincial Office (MPO) will be hosting a workshop on the right to equality rolling out the equality toolkit under the theme: “My Rights, Your Rights”. The aim of the workshop is to empower members of the Lesbians Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex Queer (LGBTIQ) community about their right to equality.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Immigration is one of the seven (7) focus areas of work identified by the South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) in order to effectively fulfil its mandate of promoting, protecting and monitoring the realisation of human rights in the Republic of South Africa. The increasing incidences of xenophobic violence and unfair discrimination against foreign-nationals have also necessitated that the Commission maintain its focus on immigration issues and the rights of foreign nationals.
O2 MARCH 2022
The Mpumalanga Provincial Office (MPO) will be launching a report of the dialogue which was held on 11 August 2021 on the impact of human trafficking on human rights amid COVID-19. The dialogue took place following media reports and concerns that Mpumalanga is being used as a gateway for trafficking persons, particularly women and children, from neighbouring countries to other provinces in the country and beyond.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (The Constitution, 1996) provides that all people are equal before the law and that they have the right to the equal enjoyment and protection of the law.
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
On 2 to 4 March 2022, the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) North West Provincial Office will convene a provincial investigative enquiry into allegations of inadequate infrastructure in public schools in the North West Province.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (The Commission) has an embedded responsibility of ensuring that human rights continue to be at the centre of debates and dialogues in the country and that the rights as enshrined in Chapter 2 (The Bill of Rights) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 are transformed into a reality for people who need protection. It is similarly important that citizens should also claim and assert their rights, while accepting the responsibilities that correspond with having those rights.
ATT: Editors and Reporters
Following complaints of racism raised during peaceful protests on Monday, 31 May 2021, the SAHRC initiated an investigation into the environment and pupil’s experiences at Cornwall Hill College.
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
On 1 March 2022, the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) North West Provincial Office will conduct training for the Department of Health’s officials on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“the CRPD”).
Attention: Editors and Reporters
Human rights and law enforcement is one of the seven (7) focus areas identified by the Commission in order to effectively fulfil its mandate of promoting, protecting and monitoring the realisation of human rights in South Africa.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The Deputy Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission), Ms Fatima Chohan will conduct a Provincial Visit in Limpopo from 28 February 2022 - 04 March 2022.
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) North West Provincial Office, working with the Department of Justice and Community Advice Offices South Africa, will conduct capacity building workshops on the right to equality.
22 February 2022
The SAHRC, in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner (Regional Office for Southern Africa) and Geneva-based organisation, UPR-INFO, will be hosting a webinar on ‘Stakeholders’ submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR), 4th Cycle’.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The SAHRC KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office in partnership with DOJ &CD will conduct advocacy initiatives with the aim of educating communities on the equality toolkit, and to promoting the use and functionality of equality courts. The Commission will also monitor institutions & organisations servicing vulnerable persons i.e. Schools for learners with disabilities, Old Age Homes and Hospitals.
22 February 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission in the Eastern Cape Provincial Office call for Submissions on Allegations of the Over-regulation of School uniforms and Access to Basic Education.
18 February 2022
The South African Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”), in response to numerous complaints against Lindsay Maasdorp (“the Respondent”) of alleged hate speech on social media, instituted proceedings in the Western Cape High Court (sitting as the Equality Court) against the Respondent.
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