Programme News
7 December 2012
(News)
The South African government could soon face being charged with contempt of court, as part of an ongoing battle by human rights groups to stop the closure of refugee reception offices across the country.
There are now only three offices left open across South Africa since the authorities started closing the facilities last year, as part if what is understood to be a change in the government's...
6 December 2012
(Press release)
North Gauteng High Court confirms the importance of confidentiality in hearings before the Refugee Appeal Board. The court also declared the 2003 Rules of the Refugee Appeal Board invalid. See attached judgment
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
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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...