1 August 2018

The #TotalShutDown marches have spilled over to neighbouring Lesotho and Namibia where women and non-gender conforming people are taking a stand against gender-based violence.

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27 July 2018

The Eastern Cape Provincial Office will be embarking on Public Outreach Engagements in Enoch Mgijima Municipality. The Public Outreach Engagements are intended at promoting the understanding of the Child-friendly Complaints Handling Procedures targeting schools.

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Friday, 27 July 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission) expresses its support for the peaceful march in protest of violence against women planned for 1 August 2018.

 

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24 July 2018

On the 25-27 July 2018, the South African Human Rights Commission will be hosting roadshows in various towns under the Lejweleputswa District Municipality.

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23 July 2018

The Eastern Cape Provincial Office will be embarking on Public Outreach Engagements in Mnquma Local Municipality (Centane) and Ngqushwa Local Municipality (Peddie). The Public Outreach Engagements are intended at advancing the mandate of promoting and protecting the rights of vulnerable groups in society.

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23 July 2018

On 24 – 26 July 2017, the South African Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”) will be hosting capacity building workshops to amplify basic human rights awareness with the specific focus to the right to healthcare services enshrined in section 27 of the Constitution. The workshops are centered under the theme “Understanding Your Healthcare Rights and Responsibilities”.

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20 July 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will host public outreach clinics in the KwaDukuza Local Municipality from the 23 – 25 July 2018 and in the Umvoti Local Municipality on the 26 -27 July 2018.

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Friday, 20 July 2018

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission) will on Monday 23rd July 2018, be presenting its findings from a study tour to the United Kingdom and Poland on a model of a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) in terms of South Africa’s obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT), which requires states to institute measures to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment.

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 Friday, 20 July 2018

 The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission) welcomes the widely anticipated judgment handed down in the Bhisho High Court, in the Eastern Cape, yesterday, in relation to the inadequacies of the school infrastructure norms and standards. The Court ruled that the norms and standards were inconsistent with the Constitution and thus invalid.

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Wednesday, 18^th July 2017

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has reached a settlement agreement, with author, Ms Grethe Wiid, on the SOGIE rights complaints lodged in response to Ms Wiid’s books. 

The settlement agreement, is available on the SAHRC website and can be downloaded here.