As part of its constitutional mandate to promote human rights, the SA Human Rights Commission will on Monday, January 26, 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, and its impact on human rights; the relationship between this country’s constitution and international human rights norms; the relationship between human rights and democracy and human rights education and how it contributes to the reduction of prejudice and 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.
Source: SAHRC
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