Empowering Victims and Survivors of Domestic Violence One Protection Order at a Time Any conversation surrounding South African women’s empowerment would be incomplete without a thorough discussion of domestic violence, as women’s inability to assert power and control over their lives, in a nation with the highest rates of domestic violence, is often the direct […]
Author Archives: Jean-Andre Butcher
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Freedom Month Lecture Series, University of the Witwatersrand Speech by: Advocate George Bizos SC (Counsel, Legal Resources Centre) assisted by Byron Jaffe, Monika Juengst-Miechzkowska and Avani Singh (Legal Resources Centre) presented at the University of the Witwaterstrand, hosted by the Department of Arts and Culture 21 April 2016 Introduction The progress towards democracy in South […]
On the 6 April 2016, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) held a side event at the 58th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia. The side event discussed the United Nations proposed treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights. The side event […]
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The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) and the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) co-hosted a public debate entitled “A binding treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights: A good or bad idea?” on Friday 19 February at the University of Witwatersrand Law School. The panellists were Ana María Suárez […]