15 March 2016

By Chairperson Lourence Mushwana, Commissioner responsible for Migration & Equality

As you know, the Commission is a constitutionally-enshrined body, first envisioned in the country’s interim Constitution and included in Chapter Nine of the final Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.

24 April 2016

By Dr Danny Titus, SAHRC Commissioner responsible for Human Rights and Law Enforcement & Prevention of Torture

In 2015, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) adopted Guidlines on Arrest, Police Custody and Pre-Trial Detention (the Luanda Guidelines). The Luanda Guidelines outline legal measures for African Union States in order to strengthen national systems and practices focusing on arrest, police custody and pre-trial detention.

18th January 2016
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission invites members of the media to a follow-up national investigative hearing into the Human Rights violations in South African Indigenous (Khoisan) Communities.
Members of the media are invited to attend and report about the proceedings of this hearing.

12th April 2016

Attention: Editor and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) would like to convey is condolences to the family and friends of Sikhosiphi (Bazooka) Rhadebe, the Chairperson of the Amadiba Crisis Committee, who was gunned down at his home on Tuesday, 22 March 2016. Mr. Rhadebe was a selfless human rights activist, who was murdered in the most cowardly way.

21 April 2016

By Advocate Shafie Ameermia, SAHRC Commissioner responsible for Access to Justice and Housing
 
As recent as September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) where the leaders linked the concept of development with the notion that effective measures which ensure access to justice to all people and at all levels should be in place.

26th April 2016

On 28th & 29th April 2016 the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in partnership with the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF) and the SA Police Services (SAPS) will, host a Dialogue on Policing and Human Rights

Wednesday 5 May 2016

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) condemns the burning of schools in Vuwani District in Limpopo Province affecting tens of thousands of learners.

25 February 2016

Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (Commission) is finalizing its report into the 31 complaints lodged against the Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini (King) at a moral regeneration event in Pongola, northern KwaZulu-Natal on or about the 15th March 2015.

06th March 2016
Attention: Editors and Reporters

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be participating in the review of South Africa’s report under the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) next week in Geneva.

07th March 2016
Attention: Editors and Reporters
 
Introduction

a. Good morning Chairperson and fellow members of the Human Rights Committee.  The South African Human Rights Commission extends its appreciation for the opportunity to present to the Committee and share our views on the state of human rights, and particularly civil and political rights, in South Africa.