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MEDIA STATEMENT
23th March 2014
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) would like to respond to the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) following the release of its report on the right to access water and sanitation, last week.
23th March 2014
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) would like to respond to the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) following the release of its report on the right to access water and sanitation, last week.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
14 March 2014
THE RIGHT TO FOOD is a human right recognised under national and international law, which protects the right of people to access food and feed themselves, either by producing their food or by purchasing it.
14 March 2014
THE RIGHT TO FOOD is a human right recognised under national and international law, which protects the right of people to access food and feed themselves, either by producing their food or by purchasing it.
14 March 2014
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) invites members of the media to the launch of the library Disability Unit. The unit, embedded within the SAHRC Library, will provide people with disabilities with equal opportunity to access information on Human Rights.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) invites members of the media to the launch of the library Disability Unit. The unit, embedded within the SAHRC Library, will provide people with disabilities with equal opportunity to access information on Human Rights.
08th March 2014
The South African Human Rights Commission would like to express its shock at the new video of police brutality in Cape Town.
The horrifying video shows police officers assaulting, stripping and humiliating a man before dragging him on the pavement into the police van during an apparent arrest in Kensington, Cape Town.
The South African Human Rights Commission would like to express its shock at the new video of police brutality in Cape Town.
The horrifying video shows police officers assaulting, stripping and humiliating a man before dragging him on the pavement into the police van during an apparent arrest in Kensington, Cape Town.
04 March 2014
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission is hosting Philippe Bousquet, an artist who will exhibit his work on human rights. The human, social and environmental consequences of the decisions we make as human beings and as societies.
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission is hosting Philippe Bousquet, an artist who will exhibit his work on human rights. The human, social and environmental consequences of the decisions we make as human beings and as societies.
04 March 2014
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission will be launching the Water and Sanitation report on 11th March in Cape Town.
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission will be launching the Water and Sanitation report on 11th March in Cape Town.
27th February 2014
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the announcement by the South African government that it will seek information from capitals around the world on the protection of lesbians, gays, bisexual, transsexual and intersex persons.
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the announcement by the South African government that it will seek information from capitals around the world on the protection of lesbians, gays, bisexual, transsexual and intersex persons.
23 February 2014
The South African Human Rights Commission held a meeting on Friday with the National Police Commissioner of the South African Police Services, Riah Phiyega, police top management, and experts in policing and human rights matters to discuss particular areas of human rights concerns in relation to the work of the police.
The South African Human Rights Commission held a meeting on Friday with the National Police Commissioner of the South African Police Services, Riah Phiyega, police top management, and experts in policing and human rights matters to discuss particular areas of human rights concerns in relation to the work of the police.
22 February 2014
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) is gravely concerned about the reported incidents of racism at the University of Free State (UFS).
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) is gravely concerned about the reported incidents of racism at the University of Free State (UFS).
Attention: Editors and Reporters
05 February 2014
The South African Human Rights Commission is concerned at the alarming growth of state-sanctioned homophobia taking place across the globe and particularly on the African continent.
05 February 2014
The South African Human Rights Commission is concerned at the alarming growth of state-sanctioned homophobia taking place across the globe and particularly on the African continent.
MEDIA STATEMENT
22 January 2014
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission has learnt with great shock and disappointment of the death of a six-year-old boy who fell into a pit toilet at Mahlodumela Primary School in Chebeng, Moletji outside Polokwane.
22 January 2014
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission has learnt with great shock and disappointment of the death of a six-year-old boy who fell into a pit toilet at Mahlodumela Primary School in Chebeng, Moletji outside Polokwane.
16 January 2014
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) would like to expresses its concern at the continued use of force by the police following the killing of at least three people allegedly by the police during a protest over lack of water in Mothutlung, Brits in the North West province.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) would like to expresses its concern at the continued use of force by the police following the killing of at least three people allegedly by the police during a protest over lack of water in Mothutlung, Brits in the North West province.
SAHRC finds against several Government entities for violating public’s right to water and sanitation
Attention: Editors and Reporters
20 December 2013
Overview
The South African Human Rights Commission has found against various local municipalities and a provincial department of education for not providing access to the constitutional rights to water and sanitation.
20 December 2013
Overview
The South African Human Rights Commission has found against various local municipalities and a provincial department of education for not providing access to the constitutional rights to water and sanitation.
20 December 2013
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
Overview
The South African Human Rights Commission has completed its investigation into the state of hospitals in the Mpumalanga Province. The SAHRC found that several hospitals in Mpumalanga are in a critical state resulting in the violation of the public’s right to access health care services.
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
Overview
The South African Human Rights Commission has completed its investigation into the state of hospitals in the Mpumalanga Province. The SAHRC found that several hospitals in Mpumalanga are in a critical state resulting in the violation of the public’s right to access health care services.
MEDIA STATEMENT
10 December 2013
The SA Human Rights Commission calls on everyone to commemorate the International Human Rights Day to advance the human rights legacy of former President Nelson Mandela, and promote and protect the rights and dignity of all people everywhere.
10 December 2013
The SA Human Rights Commission calls on everyone to commemorate the International Human Rights Day to advance the human rights legacy of former President Nelson Mandela, and promote and protect the rights and dignity of all people everywhere.
The South African Human Rights Commission joins the rest of the world in expressing its immense sadness and sorrow, and pays tribute to the passing on of former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, who was South Africa’s first democratically elected president.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
03 December 2013
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the signing into law of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (the Act) by the President.
03 December 2013
The South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the signing into law of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (the Act) by the President.
ATTENTION: Editors and Reporters
13 November 2013
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) welcomes the appointment of South Africa to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Council.
13 November 2013
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) welcomes the appointment of South Africa to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Council.
16th October 2013
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission has found that the Department of Social Development (DSD) has not fulfilled its obligation to comply with the Children’s Act of 2005 in relation to the maintenance and, population of the National Child Protection Register (CPR).
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission has found that the Department of Social Development (DSD) has not fulfilled its obligation to comply with the Children’s Act of 2005 in relation to the maintenance and, population of the National Child Protection Register (CPR).
09th October 2013
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission presented a submission to Parliament’s Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Development after it received a request from the Committee to present a human rights perspective to the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill also known as the ‘DNA’ Bill. Earlier this year, the Commission provided a submission on the original draft of the Bill to the Portfolio Committee on Police.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission presented a submission to Parliament’s Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Development after it received a request from the Committee to present a human rights perspective to the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill also known as the ‘DNA’ Bill. Earlier this year, the Commission provided a submission on the original draft of the Bill to the Portfolio Committee on Police.
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