African civil society organizations and international organizations with a presence in Africa urge Gabon, Nigeria, and South Africa to reconsider support for a United Nations Security Council deferral of investigations and prosecutions of the International Criminal Court in Kenya under article 16 of the Rome Statute.
Human Rights Watch writes to Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Protection of Information Legislation, Mr. C.V. Burgess, about the Protection of Information Bill (B6-2010), which, in its current state, raises serious concerns about the bill's compatibility with South Africa’s human rights obligations.
Human Rights Watch writes to South Africa Minister of Mineral Resources Susan Shabangu to encourage South Africa to support Zimbabwe's suspension from the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
Human Rights Watch writes to Secretary of State Clinton in advance of her seven-nation tour of Africa to urge her to emphasize good governance, respect for human rights, and the rule of law.
Human Rights Watch writes to President-elect Jacob Zuma to urge him to make human rights a major pillar of the new South African administration's foreign policy.
In August 2008, Human Rights Watch wrote to South African Deputy President Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to strongly encourage her to consider and remedy deficiencies in the delivery of life-saving Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) to non-citizen and mobile populations in South Africa.
The National Council of Provinces is currently deliberating on the Refugee Amendment Bill, which will be returned to your committee for final consideration before it is presented to the National Assembly. We write to urge you to utilize this opportunity to ensure that the right to access health services is explicitly included in the Bill in line with the South African constitution and international human rights law.
Human Rights Watch voices concerns about new trends in South Africa’s foreign policy, as witnessed in the UN Security Council and UN Human Rights Council.
