Upholding Not Undermining International Law
Upholding, Not Undermining, International Law The 270 faith-based, non-governmental, and other civil society organizations listed below call on UN Member States to uphold, preserve, strengthen, and celebrate international refugee, human rights, and humanitarian treaties and reject efforts to undo or undermine legal norms. In recognition of the inalienable human dignity of each person, States built a rules-based system to maintain peace and security and to promote human rights and [...]
The Battle with Shell to protect the Wild Coast continues
The Battle with Shell to protect the Wild Coast continues Communities and Environmental Justice organisations face Shell and Impact Africa in the Constitutional Court om 16 & 17 September 10 September 2025, Johannesburg: In a Constitutional Court hearing set down for next week, 16-17 September 2025, Wild Coast communities and environmental organisations will argue that the order of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) allowing Shell to renew its [...]
LRC welcomes start of Ingonyama Trust lease repayments
LRC welcomes start of Ingonyama Trust lease repayments The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) welcomes the recent public announcement by the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) that it has commenced the refund process for payments collected under unlawful lease agreements concluded with residents on Trust-held land. This follows the application brought by the LRC in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) and [...]
ECD Centres in Crisis as KZN DoE Fails to Honour Court-Order
ECD Centres in Crisis as KZN DoE Fails to Honour Court-Order It has been more than a month since the Pietermaritzburg High Court ordered the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education on 26 May 2025 to pay all outstanding subsidies to Sakhokwethu Crèche, Phumelela Crèche, and Zenzeleni Crèche by 5 June 2025. Although the three Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres received some payments between 30 May and 02 July 2025, these [...]
Court challenge over massive delays in child birth registration
Court challenge over massive delays in child birth registration The Children’s Institute, Legal Resources Centre and eight caregivers take Home Affairs to court over years-long delays in birth registration of hundreds of thousands of children. Cape Town, 17 June 2025 Six months ago in December 2024, the Children’s Institute (University of Cape Town) and eight caregivers, represented by the Legal Resources Centre, launched litigation in the Western Cape High [...]