Lawyers for Human Rights (“LHR”) expresses its sadness and shock at the recent disastrous events that occurred at Jargersfontein. According...

Date: 14/09/2022

This training initiative is open to all paralegals, candidate attorneys, and junior attorneys based in Southern Africa. Get expert training...

Date: 14/09/2022

This training initiative is open to all print, television, online and radio journalists in Southern Africa. Get expert training to...

Date: 12/09/2022

LHR’s Statelessness Project is in the Pretoria High Court today representing a stateless person who has waited 4 years for...

Date: 06/09/2022

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) are disappointed by the 2 August judgment of...

Date: 03/08/2022

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) and Webber Wentzel will be back in the Johannesburg High Court at 10:00am today, Tuesday...

Date: 02/08/2022

Today Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) will be at the Land Claims Court bringing an application to have MAXXLiving, a...

Date: 26/07/2022

On Tuesday 19 July 2022, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) obtained an order in the case of Thulani Mashibini vs...

Date: 21/07/2022

On 14 June 2022, the Johannesburg Central Magistrate’s Court dismissed criminal charges of public violence against seven workers represented by...

Date: 14/06/2022

Today, the Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) draw...

Date: 01/06/2022

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is in urgent court today, 24 May 2022, defending the Nkandla Informal Settlement from another...

Date: 24/05/2022

Established in 2005, Gender Dynamix (GDX) is the first registered Africa-based public benefit organisation to focus solely on the transgender...

Date: 14/04/2022

Lawyers for Human Rights (“LHR”) and Webber Wentzel will be in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday 11 April 2022...

Date: 11/04/2022

On 23 March 2022, the Madibeng Magistrates’ Court handed down a judgment that dismissed an eviction application brought by the...

Date: 04/04/2022

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) welcomes the order handed down on 18 March 2022 by the Johannesburg Children’s Court recognizing...

Date: 22/03/2022

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is proud of the outcome of the Deadly Air case, upholding communities’ constitutional right to...

Date: 22/03/2022

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), in collaboration with local partners, will celebrate Human Rights Day this year with a festival...

Date: 21/03/2022

On 11 March 2022, the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court handed down its judgment in the matter of Roy Kamushinda v Minister...

Date: 15/03/2022

Lawyers for Human Rights invites applicants to apply for an Attorney post as Grants Liaison for the LHR’s Strategic Litigation...

Date: 07/03/2022

Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), represented by Lawyers for Human Rights, will act as amicus curiae in the...

Date: 24/02/2022

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) invites applicants to apply for an Attorney post as Head of the LHR Law Clinic...

Date: 22/02/2022

In 2016, ownership of the farms that were leased to different farmers, some of  by the Department of Rural Development...

Date: 21/02/2022

On Thursday, 17 February 2022, Southern Defenders, represented by Lawyers for Human Rights, will act as amicus curiae in the...

Date: 16/02/2022

Pretoria High Court Orders a Suspension of Execution of an Eviction Order Pending the Outcome of the Leave to Appeal...

Date: 24/01/2022

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) seeks to appoint a Senior Attorney for its Environmental Rights Programme, based in Johannesburg.

Date: 21/01/2022

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) seeks to appoint a Maintenance Officer for its National Office, based in Pretoria. LHR is...

Date: 17/01/2022

There are several exciting opportunities to join the LHR team! Have a look to see if you qualify, and how...

Date: 07/01/2022

As we commemorate international Human Rights Day on 10th of December 2021 let us remember the plight of children on...

Date: 10/12/2021

A Study of Experiences of Gender-Based Violence and Sexual Harassment of Women Workers in the South African Mining Industry Factfinding...

Date: 03/12/2021

“Children are the soul of our society. If we fail them, then we have failed as a society.” – Judge...

Date: 20/11/2021

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is in the Middelburg High Court today, representing a largely retired or otherwise unemployed former...

Date: 26/10/2021

This week, United Nations member states will gather in Geneva for the 7th negotiating session dedicated to developing a treaty...

Date: 26/10/2021

On 22 September 2021, the Constitutional Court handed down a judgment in which is declared section 10 of the Births...

Date: 29/09/2021

On 19 August 2021, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) heard arguments from Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) on behalf...

Date: 28/09/2021

On 22 September 2021, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down two judgments in the matter Kouwenhoven v Minister...

Date: 22/09/2021

“A surname connects us to our heritage and roots us in history and family tradition. In many African cultures, names...

Date: 22/09/2021

LHR’s Land and Housing Programme is in court again for the fourteenth time this year for the case of Ventersdorp...

Date: 17/09/2021

The Pretoria High Court has awarded refugee status to JN and KHG, represented by LHR, in two separate matters. In...

Date: 16/09/2021

On Tuesday, 14 September 2021 the Pretoria High Court granted citizenship to Mr. Emmanuel Bukweya Ngenani, after a long battle...

Date: 15/09/2021

Today, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) will appear in the Supreme Court of Appeal in the matter of The Somali...

Date: 19/08/2021

Statelessness is a preventable but growing phenomenon globally and in the SADC region. Statelessness across the region is primarily linked...

Date: 18/08/2021

Today the Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), applauded...

Date: 12/08/2021

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) seeks to appoint a Manager of its Law Clinic for its Refugee and Migrant Rights...

Date: 04/08/2021

On 30 July 2021, the Constitutional Court handed down its judgment in the matter of Jonathan Dubula Qwelane v South...

Date: 30/07/2021

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

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) has successfully represented twelve families comprising of former farmworkers in the Land Claims Court (LCC),...

Date: 15/07/2021

On 21 June 2021, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down judgment in the matter Joao Rodrigues v National...

Date: 23/06/2021

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

Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), SECTION27 and Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), organisations working and advocating the rights of refugees, asylum...

Date: 17/06/2021

Youth Day commemorates the uprising of the youth in South Africa as they led a revolution to end apartheid and...

Date: 16/06/2021

As we mark the half-way point in Global Pride Month, LHR calls for an end to the prejudice and discrimination...

Date: 15/06/2021

On 3 June 2021, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and Open Secrets launched an urgent two-part application in the...

Date: 07/06/2021

As we commemorate Child Protection Week (30 May – 6 June 2021), an umbrella body comprising eight humanitarian organisations, the...

Date: 03/06/2021

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is in the Middleburg High Court today, defending a group of retired mineworkers who previously...

Date: 25/05/2021

Following a brief postponement, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is back in the Labour Appeal Court today representing dismissed workers...

Date: 25/05/2021

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) welcomes the recent order granted by the Western Cape High Court as a positive step in...

Date: 19/05/2021

Lawyers for Human Rights welcomes recent information released by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), announcing an online renewal process...

Date: 18/05/2021

Beginning today, the Pretoria High Court will hear a challenge to government’s longstanding failure to take meaningful steps to combat...

Date: 17/05/2021

On 12 May 2021, the Western Cape High Court will hear the matter of Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town (Scalabrini)...

Date: 11/05/2021

This week, the Pretoria High Court is hearing a review of the 2018 Mining Charter, to which a number of...

Date: 04/05/2021

South Africa, it is enough. Over the past two and half months, South Africa’s LGBTIQ+ community has been rocked by...

Date: 22/04/2021

Ms. Primrose Modisane is a South African citizen by birth, however, for the past 16 years she has struggled to...

Date: 15/03/2021

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Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) has received several reports from student activists regarding the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) use...

Date: 10/03/2021

“Universal birth registration is impossible to ignore and entirely possible to achieve.” – Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, 2009 Universal birth...

Date: 05/03/2021

Today, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is in the Labour Appeal Court representing dismissed workers of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality...

Date: 23/02/2021

Lawyers for Human Rights is delighted to announce the appointment of Wayne Ncube to the role of National Director of...

Date: 17/02/2021

As the Covid-19 virus has spread across the world, we were all beset with fear and uncertainty that has now...

Date: 16/02/2021

Today Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) released a new report on gender and migration. The report, titled “Paper Promises”, is...

Date: 08/02/2021

On 4 December the Constitutional Court handed down judgment in the confirmation proceedings relating to Sonke Gender Justice / President...

Date: 07/12/2020

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) welcomes the judgment handed down in the Western Cape High Court interdicting and restraining the...

Date: 04/12/2020

On the 26th and 27th November 2020, journalists working in community radio and community print media from around South Africa...

Date: 03/12/2020

In 2019 the Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) launched an application in the Western Cape High Court challenging the decision...

Date: 16/11/2020

Elizabeth was born in Lesotho to a Basotho mother and a South African father. She moved to South Africa when...

Date: 13/11/2020

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean,...

Date: 13/11/2020

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) will be representing Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) who have brought an application to the Court...

Date: 10/11/2020

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) will be representing the Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) who will be appearing as amicus...

Date: 05/11/2020

In June 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted resolution 26/9, by which it agreed to establish an open-ended...

Date: 20/10/2020

On 22 September 2020, the Constitutional Court will hear the case of Jonathan Dubula Qwelane v South African Human Rights...

Date: 21/09/2020

On Tuesday, 15 September 2020, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), in collaboration with Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town and Corruption...

Date: 15/09/2020

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A statement by the Southern African Nationality Network (SANN) to the 16th Southern African Civil Society Forum.  

Date: 21/08/2020

LHR is inviting applications from law graduates with an interest in human rights law and public interest litigation to join...

Date: 31/07/2020

The Constitutional Court yesterday handed down judgment in a case launched by Lawyers for Human Rights in 2016, but which...

Date: 23/07/2020

LHR is a vibrant, 40-year old non-profit organisation offering specialist public interest legal services in key programme areas such as...

Date: 08/07/2020

On 29 June 2020, the High Court in Johannesburg declared section 13 (7) (c) of the South African Police Services...

Date: 01/07/2020

As we commemorate world refugee day it is important to uphold the fundamental rights of foreign nationals as equal to...

Date: 20/06/2020

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) supports the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Towns’ urgent litigation to include asylum seekers and special...

Date: 17/06/2020

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is representing the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating...

Date: 15/06/2020

This agreement is a significant milestone following protracted litigation and ongoing negotiations between the Lesetlheng community and Pilanesberg Platinum Mine.

Date: 11/06/2020

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), representing the Centre for Child Law (CCL), yesterday filed an application with the Constitutional Court...

Date: 10/06/2020

On Friday, 12 June 2020, via webinar, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) will launch its report, “Monitoring Policy, Litigious and...

Date: 09/06/2020

The World Health Organisation describes COVID-19 pandemic as having a devastating impact across the world. Although governments are commended for...

Date: 03/06/2020

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) welcomes the judgment handed down in the Supreme Court of Appeal on 29 May 2019,...

Date: 01/06/2020

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) welcome the amendments to the Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) which extend the definition...

Date: 27/05/2020

An urgent call to states, donors and other stakeholders to promote and protect the rights of stateless persons in their...

Date: 27/05/2020

Lawyers for Human Rights has launched an urgent application on behalf of informal waste reclaimers in Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, seeking...

Date: 26/05/2020

Today, the 25th of May 2020, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) celebrates Africa Day. Africa Day is an annual commemoration...

Date: 25/05/2020

Lawyers for Human Rights (“LHR”) welcomes the judgment handed on 19 May 2020 by Rugunanan J of the Makhanda High...

Date: 24/05/2020

In an urgent court hearing yesterday night, Lawyers for Human Rights again successfully defended the Marievale community, a small village...

Date: 22/05/2020

It is with regret that Lawyers for Human Rights announces that it has withdrawn as the attorneys of record for...

Date: 21/05/2020

On Monday 18 May 2020, the Strandfontein Homeless Action Committee (SHAC), represented by Lawyers for Human Rights, initiated legal proceedings...

Date: 19/05/2020

A joint statement by the Universal Rights Association, Africa Diaspora Forum, the Consortium for Refugees & Migrants in South Africa,...

Date: 01/05/2020

In the matter of Lawyers for Human Rights and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and others, LHR acting in...

Date: 01/01/2003

Lawyers for Human Rights won a landmark case against the Department of Home Affairs and the Airports Company of South...

Date: 01/01/2002

Following the controversial debate surrounding reparations, the Geneva preparatory meeting of the UN World Conference Against Racism has recently decided...

Date: 01/01/2001

HUMAN rights lawyers are threatening legal action against the home affairs department for ordering border posts to turn back asylum-seekers...

Date: 01/01/2001

At the end of May 1999, the Security of Farm Workers Project launched a booklet called “Die Okkupeerder: A resource...

Date: 31/05/1999

Lawyers for Human Rights will appear before the Pretoria High Court today on behalf of five groups of informal waste...

Date: 07/04/2020

The NIAWG calls on all concerned stakeholders and authorities to make every effort to prevent any form of harm and...

Date: 08/04/2020

Public Interest Law organisations working together, to make sure human rights are respected and protected during the COVID19 lock-down in...

Date: 31/03/2020

On this Human Rights Day, amidst the growing COVID-19 threat, Lawyers for Human Rights calls on all in South Africa...

Date: 21/03/2020

On Sunday, 15 March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak....

Date: 16/03/2020

Lawyers for Human Rights welcomes the Constitutional Court’s judgement, handed down yesterday, 11 December 2018,  in the matter of Law Society...

Date: 12/12/2018

Lawyers for Human Rights is making an urgent appeal for assistance after a recent judgement by the Johannesburg High Court,...

Date: 21/10/2019

LHR welcomes the judgment handed down by Maya P in the Supreme Court of Appeal on Monday, 8 July 2019,...

Date: 08/07/2019

Organisations in the gender-based violence sector were shocked to learn that the Department of Justice intends to investigate the possibility...

Date: 15/05/2017

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is deeply unsatisfied with the South African Police Service (SAPS)  and Civilian Secretariat for Police...

Date: 30/09/2017

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is shocked to learn that Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Mduduzi Manana, allegedly assaulted two...

Date: 07/08/2017

#NotOurLeaders Campaing launched by Women and Democracy Initiative, Lawyers for Human Rights and gender violence specialist during 16 Days of...

Date: 24/11/2017

On Thursday 14 June 2018, the South African Constitutional Court (Court) issued an unanimous judgment confirming that there will be...

Date: 15/06/2018

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) supports #TheTotalShutDown, the national intersectional womxn’s march against gender based violence. All LHR women and...

Date: 01/08/2018

Unbothered, unresponsive: where is your sexual harassment policy?

Date: 08/08/2018

On 26 November 2018, the Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) will appear in the Cape High Court, sitting as an...

Date: 25/11/2018

On Monday, 2 September, the South African government on Twitter called on women to “speak out”, and “not allow themselves...

Date: 03/09/2019

On Monday 23 September 2019, the Equality Court in the Western Cape handed down judgment in the matter of September...

Date: 23/09/2019

Lawyers for Human Rights, the Legal Resources Centre, and Gender Dynamix cordially invite you to a press conference, on judgment...

Date: 16/09/2019

As part of the latest round of negotiations on the U.N. Binding Treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises...

Date: 01/10/2019

In November and December 2017 members of the SANDF stormed into the homes of about 150 families residing in a...

Date: 17/04/2018

15 April 2018 — On Friday, 13 April 2018, the New Rest community witnessed justice in action when the Mayor...

Date: 15/04/2018

LHR represents a group of homeless people who reside at Prince’s Park, on the corner of Prince’s Park Road and...

Date: 03/04/2018

The matter of Mr Godfrey Mtenje will continue be heard in the Land Claims Court of South Africa on the...

Date: 19/03/2018

This morning, the Pretoria High Court postponed the judicial review of the Mining Charter published last year by Minister of...

Date: 19/02/2018

LHR notes the statements released by the Chamber of Mines and the Department of Mineral Resources regarding postponement of the...

Date: 19/02/2018

Beginning tomorrow, four mining affected communities represented by Lawyers for Human Rights will be in the Pretoria High Court to...

Date: 18/02/2018

Long-time human rights lawyer, Rudolph Jansen, who fought against injustice on behalf of the poor and marginalized for over three...

Date: 27/11/2017

LHR is delighted that the Pretoria High Court today ruled that four of its clients, should be allowed to intervene...

Date: 14/11/2017

Today, the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria handed down judgment in the case of Mary Rahube, a...

Date: 26/09/2017