THE INTERVIEW: ‘We need to establish a culture of human rights,’ says SAHRC head

Established on 2 October 1995 under the Human Rights Act 54 of 1994, the SAHRC upholds the duty of protecting, promoting and monitoring human rights in the country.We find ways of securing redress were human rights are being violated, and this we do at our own instance where we come across human rights violations then we’ll intervene as a commission,” Thipanyane toldApart from interventions, the commission accepts complaints which through a “test” can be followed up on or dismissed.

The 2018 annual report further indicates “while economic and social rights are still the second highest, these have decreased from 13% in the 2016-17 to 9% in the previous financial year”. Public hearings and inquiries seem to be the largest methods of probing violations. Thipanyane said they are provided with multiple tools of dealing with human rights violations.I can’t say which is the best. Some people might say that media awareness its one of the most important. Because if people know what their rights are, then they’ll be in a better place to fight for those rights.

He also alluded to the commission’s budget of R189-million as a factor that might be limiting as opposed to the number of people it serves.There is an obligation that everybody should be helping the Human Rights Commission to be doing its work. Everybody should be the commission,” said Thipanyane.

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