States accountable for investigating and preventing violence against women:...
11 June 2013New York: An independent United Nations human rights expert has stressed the need to hold States accountable not only for investigating acts of violence against women but also for failing...
View ArticleForeigners are bad for the country, say young South Africans
12 June 2013Stellenbosch: In a recent survey conducted by consumer insights company Pondering Panda, it was found that young South Africans were most likely to feel that foreigners living and working...
View ArticleFight against child labour is everyone's responsibility - Malawi government
18 June 2013Mchinji: Director of Children Affairs in the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare McKnight Kalanda says it is everyone's responsibility to protect children involved in child...
View ArticleTerror tactics making children more vulnerable during conflict - UN officials
18 June 2013New York: The evolving nature and tactics of conflict are creating unprecedented threats for children, United Nations officials told the Security Council on Monday, stressing that despite...
View ArticleWorld Refugee Day: Naledi Pandor's address
21 June 2013Pretoria: I would like to reassure refugees here today of our admiration and support for your strength and resilience in the face of huge adversity. It’s a source of shame to us that you...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s foreign policy: between idealism and the realpolitik of being...
21 June 2013In an article written for Foreign Affairs in 1993, then ANC leader and soon to be President Nelson Mandela articulated the foreign policy position of the ANC in a post-apartheid South...
View ArticleEthiopia after Meles: the future of democracy and human rights
24 June 2013Washington: Thank you for inviting me to discuss the situation in Ethiopia since the death in August 2012 of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Post-Meles Ethiopia presents the United States with...
View ArticleFor Africa trip, Obama urged to prioritise development
25 June 2013Washington: Advocacy groups here are urging U.S. President Barack Obama to focus on more than just economic development during his upcoming trip to Africa. They are also hoping that the...
View ArticleMaking love a crime: criminalization of same-sex conduct in sub-Saharan Africa
25 June 2013Homophobic attacks and harassment across sub-Saharan Africa are becoming more visible, indicating that homophobia is reaching dangerous levels, Amnesty International said today as it...
View ArticleInternational community must address deepening links between migration,...
26 June 2013New York: The increasingly complex nature of migration, coupled with the fact that more people were on the move than ever before, required the international community to address the...
View ArticleSA Police Service-Somalia: bilateral discussions on violence, killings
01 July 2013Pretoria: The Deputy Minister of Police, Ms Makhotso Maggie Sotyu, accompanied by the National Commissioner of Police, General Riah Phiyega, will be having bilateral discussions today with...
View ArticleFrom rights to remedies: structures and strategies for implementing...
01 July 2013Too often, the decisions and recommendations of international legal bodies charged with protecting human rights are ignored by states unable or unwilling to implement them. When the United...
View ArticleGovernment to dignify Angolan refugees in South Africa
03 July 2013Cape Town: The Government of Angola wants to immediately grant dignity to its refugees in South Africa, with a view to a better social integration in the country. This was said by the...
View ArticleSomalia-South Africa bilateral consultations: statement
03 July 2013Pretoria: Our briefing today will focus on the outcomes of the bilateral consultation I had with Dr Jamal Barrow, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia earlier today. Once...
View ArticleNo more refugee status for Rwandans abroad
09 July 2013Nairobi: About 100,000 Rwandans who fled the country have lost their refugee status and must return home, regularise their stay in their host countries, or risk living as stateless...
View ArticleWomen’s rights in Africa: 18 countries are yet to ratify the Maputo Protocol!
11 July 2013Paris: On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol), the Coalition of the...
View ArticleRegional trends papers on enhancing constitutional order, rule of law in Africa
14 July 2013Addis Ababa: The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) calls on State Parties to commit to promote democracy, rule of law and human rights (Art 4, ACDEG). In...
View ArticleFIDH: "an opportunity for Kenya to uphold its human rights commitments"
15 July 2013In the perspective of the visit, in Kenya, of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Court) and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), FIDH and its...
View ArticleUSAID strategy on democracy, human rights and governance
15 July 2013Washington: USAID’s Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (DRG) Strategy provides a framework to support the establishment and consolidation of inclusive and accountable democracies to...
View ArticleSwaziland: Democracy and political participation
16 July 2013A number of noteworthy political anniversaries occur in Swaziland’s historical calendar during 2013. This year marks 45 years of Swazi independence, 40 years since the 1973 Proclamation...
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