Photo: LRC attorney Mandira Subramony with the Eastern Cape learners in their long walk to access education facilities in the province The LRC have been granted leave to intervene at the European Court of Human Rights, in a matter against the government of Hungary. The case of Amanda Kosa v Hungary challenges a possible infringement […]
Category Archives: Constitution
Children's Rights, Constitution, Criminal Offences, Customary Law, Equality and Non-discrimination, Gender Rights, HIV/AIDs, Legislation
Women’s Month 2016: Child marriages in South Africa
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Aug
Aug
Child marriage affects girls in more ways than one. They are neither physically nor emotionally ready to become wives and mothers at the age that they get married. Child marriage results in girls being disempowered, dependent on their husbands and deprived of their fundamental rights to health, education and safety. The health of a child […]
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Apr
Apr
Workshop report: Realising the Right to Education in Uganda LRC and ISER create a space for learning and collaboration in Uganda The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), in collaboration with the Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), hosted a two day workshop on 18-19 March 2015 in Kampala, which focussed on using strategic litigation to […]
Africa, Children's Rights, Constitution, Legal Resources Centre, National Government
The Day Human Rights Became Immoral
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Mar
Mar
On 3 March 2015, the Portfolio Committee for Justice began the public consultation process on the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill 18 of 2014. The Legal Resources Centre attended Parliament and presented oral submissions which were based upon our written submissions of 4 March 2015. The Amendment Bill seeks […]