Attention: Editors and Reporters

10 March 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission Western Cape provincial office (WCPO) working in collaboration with the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) and the office of the Public Protector South Africa will conduct a capacity building workshop for the Western Cape provincial executive of Community Advice Offices South Africa (CAOSA).   This capacity building workshop is aimed at empowering the CAOSA executive by heightening awareness about human rights and structures that can help with redress for human rights violations with a specific focus on the role of the Chapter Institutions in promoting, monitoring and protecting human rights.

Attention: Editors and Reporters

09 March 2022

The Mpumalanga Provincial Office (MPO) will be hosting a workshop on the Bill of Rights, the Older Persons Act and the Protocol to the African Charter on People’s Rights on the Rights of Older Persons (“the Protocol”). Adopted in 2016, the Protocol aims to strengthen regional protection for the rights of older persons, providing an opportune moment for older persons to enjoy their full rights and freedoms on an equal basis with other population groups.

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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.

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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.

08 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

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.  

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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.

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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.

03 March 2022

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.

4 February 2022

Cape Town - Despite the extension of equality courts to magistrate’s courts to attend to matters of equality, communities are still submitting complaints of this nature to the Human Rights Commission.

This emerged during a community engagement on Equality Toolkits on Thursday, where the provincial Human Rights Commission (HRC), in partnership with Langa Community Advice Services, hosted a workshop for community’s stakeholders.