South Africa

Kimberley Process: Zimbabwe Action Mars Credibility

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:31:12 -0800

(Johannesburg) - The credibility of the world's "blood diamond" monitoring group has been damaged after its failure this week to suspend Zimbabwe despite overwhelming evidence of serious human rights abuses and smuggling in the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said today.

AU: African Civil Society Presses States for ICC Support

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:45:00 -0800

(Johannesburg) - A network of African civil society and international organizations today called upon African Union (AU) states to use the AU's upcoming session about the International Criminal Court (ICC) to promote the court's ability to prosecute the world's worst crimes fairly and effectively.

Kimberley Process: Suspend Zimbabwe

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:01:01 -0700

Letter to South African Minister of Mineral Resources in Advance of Kimberley Process Meeting

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:00:30 -0700

Ms. Susan Shabangu
Minister of Mineral Resources

Dear Minister Shabangu,

I am writing in advance of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) plenary session in Swakopmund, Namibia next week to encourage South Africa to support Zimbabwe's suspension from the KPCS.

Limitations on Human Rights in the Context of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Joseph J. Amon, Françoise Girard, and Salmaan Keshavjee — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:38:36 -0700

Returned to Risk

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:40:00 -0700

Returned to Risk

Deportation of HIV-Positive Migrants

Summary

Introduction

International Law

Returned to Risk

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:32:25 -0700

This 27-page report was prepared by Human Rights Watch, Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe, the European AIDS Treatment Group, and the African HIV Policy Network.

South Africa/EU: Take Steps Together to Improve Human Rights

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:09:32 -0700

SADC: Press Zimbabwe to Implement Rights Reforms

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:01:00 -0700

(Johannesburg) - Southern African leaders should press Zimbabwe's power-sharing government to end ongoing human rights violations and to implement legal reforms, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Heads of state from members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are holding a summit meeting in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on September 7 and 8, 2009.

Letter to South African and European Union Governments in Advance of EU-South Africa Summit

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:49:46 -0700

Maite Nkoana-Mashabane
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
Republic of South Africa

Fredrik Reinfeldt
Foreign Minister
Government of Sweden

Dear Ministers,