We use the law as a positive instrument for change for our clients, and in the public interest.
We have six strategic programmes staffed by specialist practitioners, each focusing on a specific aspect of human rights law. We help vulnerable, marginalised, and indigent people and communities.
Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme/Statelessness
Strategic Litigation Programme
Penal Reform Programme
Land and Housing Programme
Environmental Rights Programme
Gender Equality Programme
[PRESS STATEMENT] Constitutional Court confirms that publication...
On 30 July 2021, the Constitutional Court handed down its judgment in the matter of Jonathan Dubula Qwelane v South...
Date: 30/07/2021
PRESS STATEMENT | LHR speaks out about...
As a non-profit organisation dedicated to making rights real, especially for our country’s most marginalized and vulnerable communities, Lawyers for...
Date: 19/07/2021
[PRESS STATEMENT] Land Claims Court Grants Order...
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) has successfully represented twelve families comprising of former farmworkers in the Land Claims Court (LCC),...
Date: 15/07/2021
