Region and country Archives: South Africa

23/09/2022

South Africa: Constitutional Court’s invalidation of copyright law an important step in ensuring the rights of persons with print disabilities and visual impairments

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) welcome the judgment handed down by the South African Constitutional Court in the matter of BlindSA v Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition on 21 September 2022. In a unanimous decision, the Court confirmed a Gauteng High Court order declaring the Copyright Act […]

08/08/2022

ICJ calls on South Africa’s Government to protect lawyers and their independence

The staff of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) – a South African human rights non-profit organisation – have received death threats and other threats of violence, forcing the organization to temporarily close down its offices. This follows SERI’s decision to provide legal representation to a group of about 600 informal traders to […]

02/08/2022

South Africa: Regulatory authority’s bar on properly qualified non-citizen lawyers practising, merely because of citizenship, is an unjustifiable human rights violation

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) are disappointed by the 2 August judgment of the South African Constitutional Court in the Relebohile Cecilia Rafoneke v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services (Rafoneke) case, which the Court heard together with the Bruce Chakanyuka & Others v Minister of Justice and […]

01/06/2022

South Africa: Legal Reform on employment of non-nationals must comply with human rights

Today, the Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) draw the government’s attention to the need to fully consider its domestic law and international human rights law obligations as it continues the process of developing its National Labour Migration Policy and refining the proposed amendments […]

12/05/2022

South Africa: ICJ argues that Copyright Act must be struck down because it fails to protect the rights of persons with print disabilities

Today, the ICJ, represented by the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), will present oral arguments in a case in which the disability rights NGO BlindSA seeks confirmation of a High Court order that declared the Copyright Act unconstitutional due to its failure to provide exceptions to provide for the rights persons with print disabilities. The […]

24/02/2022

South Africa: ICJ makes submissions to the Constitutional Court on the human rights compatibility of prohibiting non-citizen lawyers from practising in South Africa

Today, the ICJ will present oral arguments in a constitutional challenge to a provision of the Legal Practice Act before the Constitutional Court. The provision prohibits otherwise qualified lawyers from practising law in South Africa merely because they are not South African citizens or permanent residents. (more…)

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ICJ calls on South Africa’s Government to protect lawyers and their independence

South Africa: ICJ makes submissions to the Constitutional Court on the human rights compatibility of prohibiting non-citizen lawyers from practising in South Africa

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