UN report shows SA government must start respecting human rights
31 March 2016
Stop surveillance, protect activists, and prosecute the Marikana murderers!
R2K welcomes the UN Human Rights Committee hard-hitting report on South Africa’s record on civil and political rights. We call on the Department of Justice & Constitutional Development to speedily implement the committee’s recommendations and give us a deadline by when these reforms will be in place.
This report comes three weeks after the United Nations Human Rights Committee reviewed South Africa’s human rights record and its implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. R2K was one of several civil society organisations that made submissions to the Committee (See R2K's statement, 6 March 2016 http://www.r2k.org.za/?p=6309).
Download the UN Human Rights Committee's report here.