(featured photo of Lunga Siyo, LRC, and Mandisa Shandu, Ndifuna Ukwazi) I am black-African, young and female, and working in the public interest sector. This is what it means to me: It means that some of us are first generation graduates; we work with the added pressure of making money in order to financially support our […]
Category Archives: Human Rights
Human Rights, Leadership, Legal Resources Centre, South Africa, Uncategorized
Bertha Convening: A Synergy for Change
05
Dec
Dec
Transfixed in my seat, feeling the energy of a collective striving for change and human rights – this is how I felt at the 2017 Bertha Convening, where I sat amongst peers championing for human rights. In reflection, the Convening truly provided a rare opportunity for legal peers and community representatives from different platforms around […]
Education, Human Rights, Legal Resources Centre
OPERA: How Strategic Litigation + Strong Data = Implementation
09
Nov
Nov
Reflecting on the ability of data management to assist with implementing court orders.
Extractive Industries, Governance, Human Rights, Legal Resources Centre, South Africa, United Nations
LRC submissions: #BindingTreaty at IGWG 2017
27
Oct
Oct
The LRC, as part of the ESCR-Net, was in Geneva during the final week of October 2017 for the third session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group (IGWG) on the elaboration of a binding treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights.