Race-based complaints still dominate Human Rights Commission’s inbox
On the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights being adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, South Africa’s body dealing with this emotive issue says the bulk of complaints it receives are still race based. In the year under review the South African Commission on Human Rights dealt with more […]
Ominous signs as South Africa approaches its rotating seat on the United Nations Security Council
It is a depressing truism of modern, multilateral diplomacy that after a two-year term as temporary member of the United Nations Security Council, a country invariably ends up with more enemies than when it started. South Africa has twice proved the veracity of this. In its first rotating term on the UN powerhouse between 2007 […]
Nobel Peace laureates say not enough is being done to stop rape as a weapon of war
The joint Nobel Peace Prize winners agreed when presented with their awards today that not enough is being down to stop rape being used as a weapon of war. They’ve dedicated their prizes of R16-million each to address this evil. Gynecologist Denis Mukwege has treated tens of thousands of rape victims in his native Democratic […]