Programme News
27 November 2012
(Press release)
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
(Press release)
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
(Press release)
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
(Press release)
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...
3 October 2012
(News)
27 September 2012
(News)
25 September 2012
(Press release)
19 September 2012
(Press release)
5 September 2012
(News)
Press Release: Illegal immigration detention of children on the increase in South Africa
Johannesburg, 4 September 2012 – The Global Campaign to End Child Immigration Detention, launched on 21 May, is focusing on South Africa during the month of September. South Africa is one of the six states that the Campaign is targeting during 2012. South African law prohibits the detention of...
29 August 2012
(Press release)
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...