Wednesday, 26 September 2012

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
 
The South African Human Rights Commission has noted with concern reports of allegations of human rights abuses against the asylum seekers in the Western Cape.

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Attention: Editors and Reporters

SAHRC COMMEMMORATES INTERNATIONAL RIGHT TO KNOW DAY

International right to know day is celebrated around the world on the 28th September

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

The South African Human Rights Commission invites members of the media to the second round of its provincial water and sanitation hearings which will be held in the North West Province.

Delivered by Advocate Lawrence Mushwana, SAHRC Chairperson at the 21st Session of UN Human Rights Council (10 – 28 September 2012)

Agenda Item 6 – Universal Periodic Review

21 September 2012
 
ATTENTION : Editors and Reporters
 
South African Human Rights Commission deputy-chairperson Pregs Govender has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council and governments to hold business to account for human rights violations in the world.

28 AUGUST 2012

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission welcomes the steps taken by Parliament to ensure that the Protection of State Information Bill passes constitutional muster. The decision by the ad hoc committee to ensure that the Bill does not trump the Promotion of Access to Information Act as the law governing access to information is commended. The Commission hopes this decision will be reflected in the final draft of the Bill

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

MEDIA BRIEFING
Monday, 27 August 2012

The Deputy Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission, Mrs Pregs Govender, invites members to the media to a news briefing to officially launch the Commission’s country-wide water and sanitation hearings.

SAHRC Chair Adv. Mushwana, Deputy Minister of Justice, Mr Nel, invite the media to a news briefing on torture and Marikana

 
Members of the media are invited to a Press Conference to be hosted by South African Human Rights Commission Chairperson Adv. Lawrence Mushwana, Deputy-Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mr Andries Nel, and Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights Mrs Dupe Atoki who also sits in a Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa.

22 August 2012

ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

Following the tragic incident in Marikana Lonmin Mines, Rustenburg, the South African Human Rights Commission raised concerns over the deaths of miners and the police. We immediately dispatched our team on Sunday, 19 August, to the area where the shooting incident took place and found amongst others, that:

Putting an end to torture in Africa

BANJUL, 15 August 2012.

Torture is one of the most profound violations of human rights and dignity. In 2002, the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights adopted the Robben Island Guidelines, a first consolidated effort to prohibit and prevent torture in Africa. 10 years later, time has come to take stock of the developments in the region.