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March 3, 2025 News Release

South Africa: Protect Civilians from Use of Explosive Weapons

#StopBombingCivilians Campaign Urges South Africa to Sign International Declaration

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February 27, 2025 Commentary

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February 20, 2025 Dispatches

Openly Gay Imam Gunned Down in South Africa

Address Hate Crimes, Conduct Thorough and Speedy Investigation

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January 22, 2025 Dispatches

Death of Miners in South Africa a Government Failure

87 Miners Die in Abandoned Mineshaft

Police maintain a cordon around shaft 11 during rescue operations for trapped miners at the abandoned Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, January 14, 2025.
January 16, 2025 News Release

Southern Africa: Growing Authoritarianism Threatens Rights

Attacks on Civic Space, Media Have Far-Reaching Implications

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November 25, 2024 Dispatches

Confronting South Africa’s Crisis of Gender-Based Violence

Government Needs to Intensify Efforts to End the Violence

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November 20, 2024 Statement

Submission to the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls

To Inform the Working Group's Upcoming Report on the Gendered Dimensions of Care and Support Systems

October 17, 2024 Dispatches

World Bank, IMF are Missing the Mark on Social Security

Case Studies Illustrate Harms from Austerity and Means-Testing Worldwide

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September 18, 2024 Dispatches

South Africa Strengthens the Right to Education

Advancing the Right to Early Education at Home and Abroad

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July 31, 2024 Commentary

Femicide and Reproductive Violence Harm African Women, Girls

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May 6, 2024 News Release

South Africa: Toxic Rhetoric Endangers Migrants

Stop Scapegoating Foreign Nationals Ahead of Elections

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April 13, 2024 Statement

Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Care and Support

February 1, 2024 Commentary

Why a Basic Income Grant Would Benefit Everyone

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November 20, 2023 Dispatches

South Africa Mulls Major Immigration Overhaul

Home Affairs Department’s Proposals Would Undermine Refugee Rights

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October 27, 2023 Statement

South Africa: Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination

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