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 | Supreme Court of Appeal...
On 21 June 2021, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down judgment in the matter Joao Rodrigues v National...
Date: 23/06/2021
WORLD REFUGEE DAY STATEMENT | This is...
To mark World Refugee Day and Youth Month, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), The Jesuit Institute of...
Date: 20/06/2021
PRESS STATEMENT | Department of Health and...
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), SECTION27 and Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), organisations working and advocating the rights of refugees, asylum...
Date: 17/06/2021