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Media advisory: Call for submissions in respect of the Commission’s Inquiry to investigate the processes, laws, regulations and policies followed by the Department of Home Affairs when placing and removing markers on holders’ identity documents
Attention: Editors and Reporters
12 July 2022
Over the years, the Commission has received and investigated complaints relating to the placement of markers on holders’ identity documents.
In the various complaints received, the identity document holders alleged that their identity documents were endorsed with markers by the Department of Home Affairs (“DHA”) without affording them an opportunity to make representations. They further alleged that the endorsements strip them of their legal identity, make it difficult for them to assert their human rights and deny them opportunities for full participation in social and economic life.
12 July 2022
Over the years, the Commission has received and investigated complaints relating to the placement of markers on holders’ identity documents.
In the various complaints received, the identity document holders alleged that their identity documents were endorsed with markers by the Department of Home Affairs (“DHA”) without affording them an opportunity to make representations. They further alleged that the endorsements strip them of their legal identity, make it difficult for them to assert their human rights and deny them opportunities for full participation in social and economic life.
To investigate this issue at a systematic level, the Commission will be embarking on an inquiry on the placement and removal of markers on holders’ identity documents.
The inquiry is scheduled to take place on 26 and 27 September 2022 at a venue to be confirmed in Mbombela.
To this end, the Commission hereby invites members of the public and civil society organisations to make submissions on their experiences regarding the placement and removal of markers on holders’ identity documents. The submissions should include the impact the placement of markers has had on the affected identity document holders and proposals on how best DHA can handle the placement and removal of markers going forward.
Written submissions must be delivered to the Commission by 16 August 2022 to the following addresses:
Physical Address: First Floor Allied Building, 34 Brown Street, Allied Building, Mbombela 1200
Or
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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For further information or enquiries, please contact SAHRC Mpumalanga Acting Provincial Manager, Ms Shirley Mlombo (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; 071 889 4869).
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