Launch of the Children’s Privacy Guidelines for Online Service Providers
The Model Guidelines is a set of principle statements and recommendations on how online service providers provide for children’s privacy at the design stage of online products and services.
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Press Statement (15 September 2021)
This National Women’s Day, the Centre for Human Rights reiterates call for a safer South Africa for women
National Women’s Day is commemorated on 9 August every year. Commemorating this Day is an opportunity to honour and celebrate the beauty and strength of South African women, but also to draw attention to issues that women in Africa still face. These issues include gender-based violence (GBV), discrimination and harassment in different areas of life, unequal pay, and a lack of access to education and sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls.
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Press Statement (9 August 2021)
As the contribution of South Africans over the 40 years of the African Charter is celebrated, the government is urged to support African Union human rights bodies
At a virtual event celebrating this landmark and honouring South Africa’s contributions to the evolution of the Charter, participants expressed disappointment that this milestone received so little attention in the country, particularly from the South African government.
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Press Statement (8 July 2021)
Centre for Human Rights high-level advocacy meeting reveals imminent ratification by Kenya and South Africa of African union protocol on the rights of persons with disabilities
The Centre hosted a high-level advocacy meeting on the ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Older Persons in Africa and on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa.
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Press Statement (1 July 2021)
Centre is concerned about pro-democracy and anti-police brutality protests currently happening in Eswatini
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, is deeply concerned about the recent events occurring in Eswatini in the wake of protests against police brutality and in support of democracy in the nation. The violent nature of the protests and the response of the Eswatini government pose a threat to the fundamental right to life of citizens of Eswatini, the only remaining absolute monarchy in Africa.
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Press Statement (30 June 2021)