Human Rights Journal
23 January 2009
As part of its constitutional mandate to promote human rights, the South
African Human Rights Commission, will on Monday, 26 January, launch its first
ever Human Rights Journal. Commission Chairperson Mr Jody Kollapan and some of
the contributors to this edition are expected to speak at this launch.
Issues covered in this inaugural edition include the question of land reform
in South Africa as a right-based matter, the relationship between national
security and human rights and how it can enhance human rights culture, the
incorporation of the Scorpions into the South African Police Service(SAPS) and
its impact on human rights, the relationship between this country's
constitution and international human rights norms; the relationship between
human rights, democracy, human rights education and how it contributes to the
reduction of prejudice, the creation of better relations and an appreciation of
multiculturalism.
With this publication the commission hopes to encourage honest, robust and
critical reflection on the state of our society, the progress made and the
short-coming and under-achievements for which every member of society must take
responsibility.
In addition, through this publication the commission seeks to identify and
critique policy choices that have successful, and those less so to continue
setting the debate against the context of the letter and the spirit of the
constitution and to ensure that in all that South Africans do, there is
commitment to the constitution and its values.
This launch will be held at the Human Rights House, corner St Andrews and
York streets
Time: 12h20 to 14h30
Issued by: South African Human Rights Commission
26 January 2009
Source South African Human Rights Commission (http://www.sahrc.org.za)
