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Second National Schools Moot Court  Competition
mootcourt_1.jpgGrade 10 and 11 learners from all secondary schools in South Africa were invited to participate in the second National Schools Moot Court Competition. A Moot is a role-play exercise in which participants play the role of lawyers in a fictional court case. Read more...

UN international meeting on the question of Palestine
UNmeetings2.jpgThe Deputy Director of the Foundation for Human Rights, HANIF VALLY, was invited by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) to present a paper on “Political Prisoners in Peace Processes & Peace Agreements, the example of Namibia & South Africa” on the 3rd and 4th April 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more...

Human Rights conversations: Personal and political journeys
gandhi.jpgAs part of its activities to celebrate Human Rights Day, FHR hosted an evening of conversation about human rights in Durban on 19th March. The Human Rights Conversation featured a panel of interesting guests with remarkable stories to tell about their own very personal human rights journeys. Read more...

Reparations for family of Mozambican man
mozambique_family_180.jpgThe Foundation for Human Rights recently supported the Migrant Community Board in a trip to Mozambique to hand over a house to the family of Ernesto Alfabeto Nhamuave, the shocking victim of the xenophobic violence in South Africa in 2008 during which Ernesto was burned to death by an angry crowd. Read the article by Star journalist, Louise Flanagan, who accompanied the group on the trip. Click here to view the press release.
EU Delegation supports civil society's role in Human Rights sector.
orangefarm2.jpgDespite dwindling resources, particularly since the global financial crisis in 2008, and the very real fear that funding streams for civil society could soon dry up, the visit by a delegation of European Union parliamentarians with civil society groups in Orange Farm today demonstrates the importance that the EU places on supporting programs that strengthen and protect human rights.  Read more.

  
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