Programme News
6 May 2016
(News)
LHR is a vibrant human rights organisation with a proud history of human rights activism and public interest litigation in South Africa. LHR is seeking an experienced human rights lawyer to lead its Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme, based in Johannesburg or Pretoria.
Operating from Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Musina, the Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme is the largest specialist...
3 May 2016
(News)
New Mobile Service Provides Low-Cost HUMAN Rights Information to Non-Nationals Living in South Africa
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) supported by...
29 April 2016
(Press release)
On May 1st the world celebrates, International Labour Day. It is a day where people are provided a time to reflect on the achievement of being gainfully employed so they can contribute to their families and societies well-being. On this day of celebration, we must not forget the disadvantaged with less access to their labour rights. Generations of migrant mine workers and their families in the...
21 April 2016
(Press release)
Press statement: LHR Disappointed by Flawed Arms Deal Commission Investigation
21 April 2016
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is disappointed by the findings of the Arms Procurement Commission that there was no evidence of wrongdoing within the 1999 Arms Deal.
LHR represented three critics before the Commission, Andrew Feinstein, Paul Holden, and Hennie Van Vuuren, until August 2014 when...
21 April 2016
(News)
Press Statement by Andrew Feinstein, Paul Holden and Hennie Van Vuuren, regarding the release of the Seriti Commission Report into the Arms Deal
21 April 2016
On the 21st of April 2016, President Jacob Zuma announced the release of the report of the Commission of Inquiry into allegations of fraud, corruption, impropriety or irregularity in the Strategic Defence Procurement Package (the...
15 April 2016
(News)
Mamelodi Hostel Residents March, asking the City of Tshwane to address their Concerns
Mamelodi hostel residents will yet again take their issues to the street, asking the City of Tshwane to take them seriously. The residents of the hostel are at loggerheads with the City over the same issue of housing that they have been fighting since year 2000. It is 16 years later and all the City has...
8 April 2016
(Press release)
Press statement: LHR appoints new Media and Communications Manager
It is with great pleasure that we welcome our newest staff member, Carol Mohlala, to Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR). Carol is a writer, editor and communications strategist with enormous experience in helping organizations inform and engage key audiences with clear, compelling messages.
Carol Mohlala comes with a wealth of...
6 April 2016
(Press release)
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) cordially welcomes the Report by the Special Reference Group (SRG) on Migration and Community Integration on the xenophobic attacks that took place in Durban during March to May 2015. LHR commends the manner in which the Special Reference Group undertook to investigate this matter, bringing together different stakeholders and taking seriously the inputs presented to...
23 March 2016
(Press release)
On Sunday afternoon the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) offices in Parktown, Johannesburg were the target of a military-style raid. Those conducting the raid clearly knew what they were looking for: computers and other documentation relating to the programmatic work of the HSF were taken. The brazen, coordinated nature of the operation and its targeted, selective focus are sinister. So, too, is its...
11 February 2016
(Press release)
Press statement: African Civil Society Joins in Al-Bashir International Warrant Hearing
11 February 2016
African civil society organisations will participate in the Supreme Court of Appeal’s hearing of the Al-Bashir International Criminal Court warrant hearing this Friday 12 February 2016 in Bloemfontein.
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is representing two organisations,...