All Press Releases
27 November 2012
The Constitutional Court has argued that it is the duty of local authorities to be sensitive and communicative with the communities over which they preside while hearing arguments on the Rustenburg municipality’s failure to properly accommodate residents of the Tlabane women’s hostel during supposed upgrades to their properties.
The case deals with 22 Rustenburg women and their...
26 November 2012
Human rights defenders in Zimbabwe face growing instances of persecution, unlawful detentions, harassment and abuses as the country gears up for elections next year.
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has released the report “Zimbabwe:...
21 November 2012
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) have secured an important settlement in the Marlboro Gardens eviction case after the Constitutional Court ruled that the City of Johannesburg must provide land and building materials to evicted residents.
LHR turned to the Constitutional Court in a bid to have the City re-establish housing for residents who were illegally evicted in August. “This is...
12 October 2012
Today the Mokopane Interested and Affected Community Committee (“MIACC”) represented by Lawyers for Human Rights challenged an interim interdict of Ivanplat Resources against the entire community of Kgobudi (part of the Mokopane). Ivanplat obtained an interim order against the Kgobudi in May this year, interdicting and restraining any member of the Kgobudi community from entering an...
25 September 2012
19 September 2012
29 August 2012
ICAED Statement on the International Day of the Disappeared
30 August 2012 – The international community commemorates the International Day of the Disappeared.
On this day, the International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED) and its 41 member organizations, pay tribute to all the victims of enforced disappearance throughout the world in various ways.
The...
3 August 2012
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) has taken instructions today from the residents of Marlboro Gardens to oppose the illegal eviction conducted by the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD).
On Thursday 2 August 2012, over 100 officers of the JMPD entered the area and forcibly evicted the residents from the area. Some of the residents had been living there for seven years....
31 July 2012
PRESS RELEASE - 31 JULY 2012
The Federation for a Sustainable Environment (FSE), Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) and the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) were shocked to be served yesterday with an application to appeal the order by the High Court requiring the Gert Sibande Municipality to provide basic water services to the Carolina community pending the outcome of an appeal of the main application...
26 July 2012
Court Orders Cape Town Refugee Reception Office to Accept New Asylum Applicants Judge Dennis Davis of the Western Cape High Court decided in favour of continued access to the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office (CT RRO) for new asylum applicants. The
Judge found that the decision by the Department of Home Affairs was taken without the legally required consultation with the Standing Committee for...