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LHR Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants

LHR 's submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants on the situation of immigration detention in South Africa.

Towards Ratification of the Statelessness Treaties

LHR has drafted a briefing paper outlining the need for South Africa to sign and domesticate both the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. This briefing was presented to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation on the 11th August 2011.

Legal Brief: First Safe Country Principle

LHR has considered the legal position as well as South Africa's obligations when rejecting asylum seekers who have passed through another safe country without applying for asylum in that country.

Report by the Public Protector on Nationality and Birth Registration

The Public Protector has compiled a report based on her investigation on allegations of failure to register the birth of a child and the naturalisation of the mother by the Northern Cape Department of Home Affairs.

LHR Briefing paper: Towards Universal Birth Registration

Wits Report Highlights Refugee Rights Violations, Wasted Taxpayer Money, and Need for Immigration Reform

A report released by the Forced Migration Studies Programme (FMSP) at Wits University titled “Protection and Pragmatism: Addressing Administrative Failures in South Africa’s Refugee Status Determination Decisions” identifies serious flaws in South Africa’s refugee status determination process.

Environmental Rights and Municipal Accountability: Water Supply and Sanitation in South Africa

This legal review looks at strategic interventions for upholding the constitutional rights to water and sanitation and a better use of the law in improving the delivery of water services. Of course, use of law is not the only way of reaching such goals.

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