‘He Believed in People’: Remembering Arthur Chaskalson
by Geoff Budlender Arthur Chaskalson, former Chief Justice of South Africa and a champion of human rights, passed away at the weekend. Geoff Budlender delivered the eulogy at his funeral...
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Conceptualising Meaningful Engagement in South Africa: Eviction Cases’ Exclusive Gem?
The recent judgment of the South African Constitutional Court in Schubart Park Residents Associationhas again demonstrated the flexible nature of meaningful engagement. ’Meaningful engagement‘ requires government to engage meaningfully with...
Pro Bono Work in South Africa: From Moral Duties to Legal Duties
Continuing in our series on the state of pro bono legal work around the world, Emma Webber blogs for us on the possibility of making pro bono work compulsory in...
Sex Workers Have Human Rights Too
By Stacey-Leigh Manoek and Gcobisa Silwana South African law criminalises sex work. In terms of the law both the sex worker and the client commit offences, yet it is sex...
The Rise of South Africa’s Education Adequacy Movement
This week we feature news on recent education rights litigation in South Africa and India. In this piece, Chris McConnachie discusses the emergence of the education adequacy movement in South...
The Rise of South Africa's Education Adequacy Movement
This week we feature news on recent education rights litigation in South Africa and India. In this piece, Chris McConnachie discusses the emergence of the education adequacy movement in South...
The New Politics of Socio-Economic Rights
The wave of constitutional democracy, which was generated during the latter part of the previous century, has ensured that the enforcement of socio-economic rights have become central to contemporary constitutional...
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