Presentation to the Justice Portfolio Committee

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Presentation to theJustice Portfolio Committee

• Cape Town
• 8 June 2001

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BROAD OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION

• Constitutional Mandate
• Mission Statement
• SAHRC Commissioners and Secretariat-
  Commissioners Portfolios
• - Departmental Line Function
• Core Business
• Projects 2001-2002
• Financial and Human Resources

Broad Overview
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Constitutional Mandate

• The Human Rights Commission must
• promote respect for human rights and a culture
  of human rights
• promote the protection, development and
  attainment of human rights
• monitor and assess the observance of human
  rights in the Republic.
• Constitution of South Africa, Section 184 (1) (a)
  (b) (c)

Constitutional Mandate
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Mission Statement
The South African Human Rights Commission is the
national institution established to entrench
constitutional democracy. It is committed to
promote respect for, observance of and the
protection of human rights for everyone without
fear or favour.
Mission Statement
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Commission Structure
Commission Structure
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Commissioners
Commissioners
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Commissioners Portfolios
Dr N Barney Pityana - Chairperson  National and
International Liaison International Coordinating
Committee on National Institutions   Ms Shirley
Mabusela - Deputy Chairperson Commissioner
Child Rights Provincial Responsibility Gauteng
Province    Professor Charles Dlamini Part-time
Commissioner Provincial Responsibility KwaZulu
Natal   
Commissioners Portfolios
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Commissioners Portfolios
Professor Karthy Govender Part-time
Commissioner Provincial Responsibility KwaZulu
Natal    Dr Zonke Majodina Part-time
Commissioner Commissioner Migrants and
Refugees Provincial Responsibility Western Cape
Northern Cape    Ms Charlotte
McClain Commissioner Socio-Economic
Rights Provincial Responsibility Mpumalanga   
Commissioners Portfolios
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Commissioners Portfolios
Mr Jerry Nkeli Commissioner Disability Provinci
al Responsibility Free State Province    Mr Tom
Manthata Commissioner Rights of the Aged
Provincial Responsibility Eastern Cape
Province    Adv Pansy Tlakula Commissioner
Equal Opportunities Provincial Responsibility
North-West Province  
Commissioners Portfolios
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Commissioners Portfolios
Mr Jody Kollapen Commissioner Civil and
Political Rights  Provincial Responsibility
Northern Province    Adv Leon Wessels Commissioner
Access to Information Provincial
Responsibility Western and Northern Cape
Provinces  
Commissioners Portfolios
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Section 5 Committees

• Government and Parliamentary Liaison Dr Pityana
• Child Rights Ms Mabusela
• International Standards Adv Leon Wessels
• Disability Mr Nkeli
• Older Persons Mr Manthata
• NGOs and CBOs Mr Manthata

Section 5 Committees
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Secretariat
Secretariat
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Core Business

• Corporate Services
• Legal Services
• Research and Documentation
• Advocacy and Public Awareness Campaigns
• Education and Training

Core Business
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Corporate Support Services

• Human Resource Management
• Financial Management
• Provisioning and Support Services
• Information Technology
• Internal Audit

Core Business
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Steps taken to comply with PFMA

• Implementation Plan
• PFMA Workshop
• Internal Audit Unit
• Audit Committee
• Risk Assessment Workshop
• Fraud Prevention Plan

Core Business
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National Inquiries into Human Rights Violations

• Inquiry into Racism in the Media
• Racism in the Justice System
• Child Sexual Offences
• Socio-Economic Rights Hearings

Core Business
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Complaints Handling
Typical Complaints

• Equality
• (racism, gender, religion, disability)
• Socio-economic rights
• (education, health, housing, environmental
  rights)
• Freedom of association
• Xenophobia
• Farming communities
• Prisoners rights

Core Business
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Complaints Handling
National - Total Number of Complaints Received
4715
Core Business
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Complaints Handling
Breakdown percentages per province
Total Number 2080 814 135 648 597 281 74 86 4715

Province Gauteng WC NC EC KZN NP MP Free
State TOTAL
(including NW)
Core Business
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Complaints Handling
Gauteng - Total Number of Complaints Received
2080
Core Business
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Complaints Handling
Western Cape - Total Number of Complaints
Received 814
Core Business
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Complaints Handling
Eastern Cape - Total Number of Complaints
Received 648
Core Business
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Complaints Handling
KwaZulu Natal - Total Number of Complaints
Received 597
Core Business
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Complaints Handling
Northern Province - Total Number of Complaints
Received 281
Core Business
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Complaints Handling
Mpumalanga - Total Number of Complaints Received
74
Core Business
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Complaints Handling
 
Free State - Total Number of Complaints Received
76
Core Business
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Socio-Economic Rights

• Preparation of 3rd Socio-Economic Rights Report
• Development of 4th Socio-Economic Rights
  Protocols
• Workshops on Socio-Economic Rights

Core Business
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Public Awareness

• Roll Back Xenophobia Campaign
• - production of radio series
• - production of literature and materials
• - seminars and workshops
• Annual School Poster Competition
• Celebrations of National, Regional and
  International Human Rights Days
• - Human Rights Week
• - World AIDS Day seminar
• - National Day of Reconciliation

Core Business
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Public Awareness (cont)

• National Conference on Racism 2000
• Farming communities consultative workshop
• Grootboom seminar
• Socio Economic Rights seminars
• Launch of State of Worlds Refugees Report
• SAHRC 5th Anniversary
• Launch of UNDP Human Development Report 2000
• Launch of NACHRET

Core Business
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Education and Training

• Training and education on human rights
• Develop training materials, programmes and
  curricula
• Ensure institutionalisation of human rights
  education
• Convene Human Rights Education Forums
• Strategic Policy Interventions in Education
  and Training System

Core Business
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Education and Training Programme
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Education and Training Programme
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Education and Training Programme
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Education and Training Programme
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Summary of Completed Training and Seminars

• 148 workshops and training programmes were
  conducted reaching 4886 people
• 64 seminars and presentations were conducted
  reaching 13 493 people

Core Business
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Institutionalisation of Human Rights in the
Formal Education and Training Sector

• Curriculum Development for schools
• Teacher Training and Development - Workshops
  for Teachers
• - Project with Gauteng Insitute for Curriculum
  Development
• - Project with SADTU
• N Q F and SAQA
• Representation of SAHRC on the following NSBs
• - Agriculture and Nature Conservation, Culture
  and Arts, Business, Commerce and Management
  Studies, Communication Studies and Language,
  Education, Human and Social Studies, Health
  Science, Social Services, Physical, Mathematical,
  Computer and Life Science.
• - SGB Representation- Human Rights, Democracy
  and Peace Education

Core Business
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Main Reports and Publications

• National Conference on Racism
• Towards A Focal Point For Children
• Racism in the Media
• 2nd Socio-Economic Rights Report
• Africa Human Rights Day
• Resource Manual on Human Rights and Farmworkers
• The Development of a Monitoring System for NAP
• Constitutional Law Case Summaries 1999
• 2nd Lindela Report
• Promotion of Access to Information Act Training
  Manual

Core Business
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Projects 2001 - 2002

• National Action Plan and Strategy to Combat
  Racism (Convenors Dr Pityana Adv Tlakula)
• Constitutional Legislation (Convenors Adv
  Wessels Adv Tlakula)
• Equality Legislation
• Child Sexual Offences (Convenor Ms Mabusela)
• Inquiry - Human Rights in Farming Communities
  (Convenor Ms McClain)
• Racism in the Justice System (Convenor Mr
  Kollapen)

Projects 2001 - 2002
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Projects 2001 2002 (cont)

• Initiation Practices in Educational
  Institutions (Convenor Adv Wessels)
• The plight of SA prisoners on death row
  (Convenor Adv Wessels Mr Kollapen)
• 3rd UN World Conference Against Racism
  (Convenors Dr Pityana Adv Tlakula)
• Evaluation of the SAHRCs First Term
  (Convenor Dr Pityana CEO)
• Human Rights and Corporate Citizenship
  (Convenors Dr Pityana CEO)
• Education and Training (ConvenorMs Mabusela)

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National Action Plan and Strategy to Combat Racism

• Provincial Consultative Workshops
• Finalisation of NAPSCR
• Handing over of NAPSCR to Government on 16
  December 2001

Projects 2001 - 2002
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Constitutional Legislation

• PAIA
• Training Manual
• Limited education, training and promotion
• Complaints handling

Projects 2001 - 2002
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Constitutional Legislation

• PEPUDA
• Training on limited scale
• Public education and awareness on a limited scale
• Complaints handling
• Participation in ELIT processes

Projects 2001 - 2002
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Equality Legislation Project

• Research to be conducted in the following areas
  on behalf of Department of Justice
• Inclusion of the additional grounds
• Criminalisation of acts
• Draft Regulations for Equality

Projects 2001 - 2002
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Child Sexual Offences

• To investigate Systemic issues relating to Child
  sexual offences by
• Holding Hearings
• Hearings involving the judiciary and the
  prosecution
• Public awareness campaigns

Projects 2001 - 2002
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Inquiry Human Rights in Farming Communities

• To investigate incidences of human rights
  violations
• Focus of the inquiry
• Land Rights and Tenancy
• Safety and Security
• Economic and Social Rights

Projects 2001 - 2002
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Racism in the Justice System
To Investigate allegations of racism within
the Justice System
Projects 2001 - 2002
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3rd World Conference Against Racism, Racial
Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

• Coordinating a National Institutions Conference
• Two National Conferences on SA Position Paper on
  WCAR
• Recruitment and co-facilitate the programme for
  Victims of Racism
• Set up of exhibitions
• Participation in NGO and Youth Forum

Projects 2001 - 2002
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Evaluation of First Term of SAHRC

• To evaluate the first term of SAHRCs work

Projects 2001 - 2002
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Corporate Citizenship
To engage with the business community on its
role in the promotion and protection of human
rights
Projects 2001 - 2002
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Education and Training

• Regional and SADC Training
• Forum on Racism and Education
• Celebrating Difference Campaign
• Education for Democracy Project
• Police Training

Projects 2001 - 2002
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Resources

• Sources of Income 2000/01
• Donor funded projects 2000/01
• Expenditure per standard item 2000/01
• Expenditure per main programme 2000/01
• Expenditure per standard item 2001/02
• Expenditure per main programme 2001/02

Resources
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Sources of Income 2000/01
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Donor Funded Projects 2000/01
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Expenditure per standard item 2000/01
Resources
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Expenditure per main programme 2000/01
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Expenditure per standard item 2001/02
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Expenditure per main programme 2001/02
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Resource Needs 3 year projection

• Establishing additional provincial offices
• Implementation of personnel blueprint
• Adequately resourced SER Unit
• Additional statutory obligations

Resources
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Budgetary Requirements2002/03 2004/05