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Human Rights Diagnosis: Community Advice Offices and Covid-19, Snapshot

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For almost a quarter of a century, the Foundation for Human Rights (FHR) has supported the work of community-based advice

The CAO National Consultative Workshop was opened by Ms Kalay Pillay from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD).

Covid-19 has exacerbated the pre-existing socio-economic fault lines in South Africa. Increasingly, poor access to services and utilities has been

1. This draft Policy Paper encapsulates the government’s commitment to regulate the Community Advice Office (CAO) sector. This Paper will

1. This paper will deal with three issues: the regulation and governance of the CAO sector; the recognition of community-based

The Foundation for Human Rights (FHR), in partnership with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) funded by the

Work by CAOs provides enormous benefits to vulnerable communities and to the justice sector as a whole. The grassroots location,

1. Despite advances in access to legal services, barriers continue to persist in democratic South Africa. These barriers furthermore are

Paralegals provide a crucial link to justice services and legal redress in South Africa, particularly for the rural poor. Although