28 February 2007
Each year the South African Human Rights Commission celebrates Human Rights
Day (21 March) by embarking on a week long Human Rights Week (HRW) campaign.
This year the Commission has identified the pernicious effects of crime in
South African society as needing immediate attention. Due to its cross-cutting
nature, the impact of crime is felt across all socio-economic fields,
jeopardising the universal benefits of the Bill of Rights. The achievement of
equality, eradication of poverty and the deepening democracy cannot occur in
the context of the high crime rate.
The Commission has therefore decided to host a two-day conference at the
Southern Sun hotel in Sandton on 22-23 March 2007. The theme of the conference
is Crime and its Impact on Human Rights: Ten years after the Bill of Rights.
The conference will seek to determine the root causes of crime in South Africa
and consider its impact on human rights and freedoms, particularly the
enjoyment of socio-economic rights, ten years after the coming into force of
the Bill of Rights. It would provide an opportunity for various stakeholders to
assess their crime prevention and combating strategies and develop sustainable
human rights-based strategies and recommendations to effectively and
efficiently prevent and eradicate crime in our society.
The conference will be preceded by Nationwide Community Dialogues on crime
and human rights, facilitated by the provincial offices. It is hoped that the
deliberations of these dialogues and conference will influence policy and/or
strategies on crime prevention in South Africa.
Below is a schedule of the community dialogues taking place
nationwide:
Date: 5 March
Time: 18h00
Venue: Upington, Paballeo Community Hall
Province: Northern Cape
Date: 6 March
Time: 18h00
Venue: Upington, Louisevale Community Hall
Province: Northern Cape
Date: 7 March
Time: 18h00
Venue: Upington, Douglas Community Hall, Ward 4
Province: Northern Cape
Date: 7 March
Time: 09h00 till 15h00
Province: Mpumalanga
Venue: Nelspruit Mbombela Council Chambers
Date: 8 March
Time: 18h00
Venue: Upington, Douglas Community Hall, Ward 3
Province: Northern Cape
Date: 13 March
Time: 09h00�15h30
Venue: Moletjie Moshate Hall
Province: Limpopo
Date: 14 March (seminar)
Time: 09h00�13h00
Venue: SAHRC Office
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Date: Date: 15 March
Time: To follow
Venue: To follow
Province: Mpumalanga
Date: 15 March
Venue: Vrede
Province: Free State
Date: 15 March
Time: 10h00�16h00
Venue: Winterveld Community Hall
Province: Gauteng
Date: 15 March
Time: 09h00�15h30
Venue: MJ Lodge
Province: Limpopo
Date: 16 March
Time: 08h00�16h00
Venue: Moretele Local Municipality
Province: North West
Date: 19 March
Time: 10h00�16h00
Venue: Winterveld Community Hall
Province: Gauteng
Date: 19 March
Time: 09h30�13h00
Venue: Elundini Municipality
Province: Eastern Cape
Date: 19 March
Time: 10h00�16h00
Venue: Katlehong Community Hall
Province: Gauteng
Date: 20 March
Time: 09h30�13h00
Venue: Cape Town office
Province: Western Cape
Date: 20 March
Time: 10h00�13h00
Venue: Ceres: Witzenberg Municipal District
Province: Western Cape
Date: 20 March (seminar)
Time: 10h00�16h00
Venue: Katlehong Community Hall
Province: Gauteng
Date: 21 March
Time: 09h00�13h00
Venue: Ingwavuma
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Date: 21 March
Time: 09h00�15h00
Venue: Thulamahashe Bohlabela Council chambers
Province: Mpumalanga
Time: 09h00�16h00
Venue: Masiphemelele, near Fish Hoek
Province: Western Cape
For more information and to confirm attendance, please contact:
Dawn Elly
Tel: (011) 484 8300 ext 2036
Fax: (011) 484 1360
E-mail: delly@sahrc.org.za
Issued by: South African Human Rights Commission
28 February 2007
Source: South African Human Rights Commission (http://www.sahrc.org.za/)
