REFLECTION - NOTES FROM GENEVA The UN Human Rights Council is invaluable, but we need a body with more teeth 6 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
DEFEND THE DEFENDERS Un report reveals alarming rise in violence against land defenders in remote areas 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
ISS TODAY OP-ED Kenya’s new UN Human Rights Council role is a chance to redeem itself by tackling poor rights record 4 min 0 By Valtino Omolo, Zenge Simakoloyi and Tem Fuh Mbuh
TOXIC WASTE ANALYSIS UN report finds ‘environmental racism’ persists in South Africa’s hazardous waste management 7 min 1 By Kristin Engel
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS ‘The time for action is now’ — UN experts demand humanitarian ceasefire to prevent genocide in Gaza 4 min 16 By Victoria O’Regan
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED Don’t mention the war: Organisation investigating human rights abuses in Ethiopia shut down 4 min 0 By Phillip van Niekerk
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Botswana takes flak over its ‘persecution’ of former president Ian Khama 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
UNIVERSAL PEER REVIEW UN member states call for the protection of SA’s human rights defenders and whistle-blowers 4 min 0 By Simphiwe Sidu and Bongani Ngwenya
CAUSE FOR CONCERN United Nations calls on South Africa to act urgently against rising xenophobia 8 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
FOREIGN RELATIONS OP-ED ANC government’s position on Ukraine invasion unprincipled, inconsistent with SA values 7 min 11 By Richard Jurgens
WAR IN EUROPE South Africa abstains from voting on Russia's UN Human Rights Council suspension 2 min 5 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 8 APRIL 2022 Russia suspended from Human Rights Council; Nato chief warns war could last years 8 min 0 By Bloomberg
FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT ‘Protect human rights defenders working against corruption’, says UN Special Rapporteur 4 min 0 By Bongani Ngwenya and Simphiwe Sidu
OP-ED G20 talks: South Africa must raise Africa’s voice for a social protection Global Fund 5 min 0 By Markus Kaltenborn and Letlhokwa George Mpedi
Op-Ed Twenty five years of the SA Human Rights Commission – working towards a society that the country's people have struggled for 5 min 0 By Tseliso Thipanyane
Maverick Citizen Op-Ed UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights goes out guns blazing against failure to address poverty 6 min 0 By Steven LB Jensen
