Lawyers for Human Rights
@lhr-sa.bsky.social
Lawyers for Human Rights is a one of South Africa's foremost public interest law and human rights organisations. We are non-profit and non-governmental, and we've been making rights real since 1979.
📢🇿🇦Reconciliation Day | 16 December 2025📢 🇿🇦
Reconciliation is not a moment or a slogan. It is the daily work of justice, truth, and dignity for all.
On this Reconciliation Day - we recommit to defending human rights without exception!✊🏿
Reconciliation is not a moment or a slogan. It is the daily work of justice, truth, and dignity for all.
On this Reconciliation Day - we recommit to defending human rights without exception!✊🏿
December 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
📢🇿🇦Reconciliation Day | 16 December 2025📢 🇿🇦
Reconciliation is not a moment or a slogan. It is the daily work of justice, truth, and dignity for all.
On this Reconciliation Day - we recommit to defending human rights without exception!✊🏿
Reconciliation is not a moment or a slogan. It is the daily work of justice, truth, and dignity for all.
On this Reconciliation Day - we recommit to defending human rights without exception!✊🏿
📢🚨IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT OUR JHB OFFICE 🚨
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
📢🚨IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT OUR JHB OFFICE 🚨
📢In Nov, civil society came together across provinces under #NotFitForPurpose to demand real action on the NSP on GBVF and the National Council on GBVF Act.
Convenings in Durban & Cape Town pushed for accountability, survivor participation & sustained advocacy.
Learn more: shorturl.at/0EcQr
Convenings in Durban & Cape Town pushed for accountability, survivor participation & sustained advocacy.
Learn more: shorturl.at/0EcQr
December 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
📢In Nov, civil society came together across provinces under #NotFitForPurpose to demand real action on the NSP on GBVF and the National Council on GBVF Act.
Convenings in Durban & Cape Town pushed for accountability, survivor participation & sustained advocacy.
Learn more: shorturl.at/0EcQr
Convenings in Durban & Cape Town pushed for accountability, survivor participation & sustained advocacy.
Learn more: shorturl.at/0EcQr
📢 Important Notice 📢
Happy holidays from all of us at Lawyers for Human Rights 🎉
We look forward to connecting with you in the new year! ☘️
Happy holidays from all of us at Lawyers for Human Rights 🎉
We look forward to connecting with you in the new year! ☘️
December 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📢 Important Notice 📢
Happy holidays from all of us at Lawyers for Human Rights 🎉
We look forward to connecting with you in the new year! ☘️
Happy holidays from all of us at Lawyers for Human Rights 🎉
We look forward to connecting with you in the new year! ☘️
Their contributions were urgent and deeply grounded, reminding us that migration is a human journey that must be rooted in human rights and shared values.
During the event, we screened LHR’s own youth client success stories as a mirror of possibilities!
During the event, we screened LHR’s own youth client success stories as a mirror of possibilities!
December 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Their contributions were urgent and deeply grounded, reminding us that migration is a human journey that must be rooted in human rights and shared values.
During the event, we screened LHR’s own youth client success stories as a mirror of possibilities!
During the event, we screened LHR’s own youth client success stories as a mirror of possibilities!
This workshop built on the momentum of our 25 July 2025 Migrant Youth event, where young people shared their challenges and their hopes for recognition and inclusion.
On the 4th we returned to that conversation and created a space where youth could speak freely and safely!
On the 4th we returned to that conversation and created a space where youth could speak freely and safely!
December 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This workshop built on the momentum of our 25 July 2025 Migrant Youth event, where young people shared their challenges and their hopes for recognition and inclusion.
On the 4th we returned to that conversation and created a space where youth could speak freely and safely!
On the 4th we returned to that conversation and created a space where youth could speak freely and safely!
This event brought together young refugees, asylum seekers and migrants who continue to navigate an asylum and immigration system that restricts their access to documentation, education, healthcare and work.
December 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This event brought together young refugees, asylum seekers and migrants who continue to navigate an asylum and immigration system that restricts their access to documentation, education, healthcare and work.
📢 Today we mark International Human Rights Day 2025 📢
On 4 December 2025, we hosted a youth centred workshop
titled: International Human Rights Day | Where Journeys Meet - Celebrating the Resilience of Youth on the Move!
On 4 December 2025, we hosted a youth centred workshop
titled: International Human Rights Day | Where Journeys Meet - Celebrating the Resilience of Youth on the Move!
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
📢 Today we mark International Human Rights Day 2025 📢
On 4 December 2025, we hosted a youth centred workshop
titled: International Human Rights Day | Where Journeys Meet - Celebrating the Resilience of Youth on the Move!
On 4 December 2025, we hosted a youth centred workshop
titled: International Human Rights Day | Where Journeys Meet - Celebrating the Resilience of Youth on the Move!
LHR joined the South African Human Rights Commission's National Question Roundtable as one of the panelists, contributing to an honest conversation about justice, belonging and the unfinished work of building a truly inclusive South Africa!✊🏿
December 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
LHR joined the South African Human Rights Commission's National Question Roundtable as one of the panelists, contributing to an honest conversation about justice, belonging and the unfinished work of building a truly inclusive South Africa!✊🏿
📢 LHR joined SCT and ERBB in Malaysia for the Porticus Immigration Detention Convening.
We reflected on how immigration detention is becoming a political tool shaped by xenophobia and securitisation, and explored global trends, shared challenges and rights centred alternatives.
We reflected on how immigration detention is becoming a political tool shaped by xenophobia and securitisation, and explored global trends, shared challenges and rights centred alternatives.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
📢 LHR joined SCT and ERBB in Malaysia for the Porticus Immigration Detention Convening.
We reflected on how immigration detention is becoming a political tool shaped by xenophobia and securitisation, and explored global trends, shared challenges and rights centred alternatives.
We reflected on how immigration detention is becoming a political tool shaped by xenophobia and securitisation, and explored global trends, shared challenges and rights centred alternatives.
Today our offices are closed as our team gathers for our year end reflection ✨🌿
This is a moment to pause, look back on the work we carried through the year and honour the communities whose resilience continues to guide and inspire us.
We return on Monday 8 December 2025.
This is a moment to pause, look back on the work we carried through the year and honour the communities whose resilience continues to guide and inspire us.
We return on Monday 8 December 2025.
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Today our offices are closed as our team gathers for our year end reflection ✨🌿
This is a moment to pause, look back on the work we carried through the year and honour the communities whose resilience continues to guide and inspire us.
We return on Monday 8 December 2025.
This is a moment to pause, look back on the work we carried through the year and honour the communities whose resilience continues to guide and inspire us.
We return on Monday 8 December 2025.
📣 You are invited 📣
LHR joins KAXX, FHR and ILRIG for the opening and first session of the KAAX Webinar Series titled:
Why Xenophobia Persists? History, Society and Governance.
Register here: shorturl.at/QRIMe
Join us for a grounded conversation!
LHR joins KAXX, FHR and ILRIG for the opening and first session of the KAAX Webinar Series titled:
Why Xenophobia Persists? History, Society and Governance.
Register here: shorturl.at/QRIMe
Join us for a grounded conversation!
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
📣 You are invited 📣
LHR joins KAXX, FHR and ILRIG for the opening and first session of the KAAX Webinar Series titled:
Why Xenophobia Persists? History, Society and Governance.
Register here: shorturl.at/QRIMe
Join us for a grounded conversation!
LHR joins KAXX, FHR and ILRIG for the opening and first session of the KAAX Webinar Series titled:
Why Xenophobia Persists? History, Society and Governance.
Register here: shorturl.at/QRIMe
Join us for a grounded conversation!
It also aims to open academic spaces to activists, as one of the few programmes in the environmental justice sector that offers formal academic certification!✊🏿
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It also aims to open academic spaces to activists, as one of the few programmes in the environmental justice sector that offers formal academic certification!✊🏿
The course is designed to deepen their understanding of climate-related legal frameworks, strengthen their use of both legal and non-legal levers for change, and enhance their advocacy skills.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The course is designed to deepen their understanding of climate-related legal frameworks, strengthen their use of both legal and non-legal levers for change, and enhance their advocacy skills.
Participants include women leaders from mining, farming, and fishing communities, who bring powerful lived experiences and strategies for advocating and challenging climate and environmental injustices.
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Participants include women leaders from mining, farming, and fishing communities, who bring powerful lived experiences and strategies for advocating and challenging climate and environmental injustices.
📢 📍This week, @calsza.bsky.social, LHR, and Wits Plus are proud to launch our Climate Justice Short Course for an All-Women Activist Cohort. 📢
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
📢 📍This week, @calsza.bsky.social, LHR, and Wits Plus are proud to launch our Climate Justice Short Course for an All-Women Activist Cohort. 📢
📢This week, CALS, LHR, and @wits_plus are proud to launch our Climate Justice Short Course for an All-Women Activist Cohort. 📢
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
📢This week, CALS, LHR, and @wits_plus are proud to launch our Climate Justice Short Course for an All-Women Activist Cohort. 📢
Access to healthcare is a constitutional right and the state must act with urgency to protect and ensure access of every patient!
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Access to healthcare is a constitutional right and the state must act with urgency to protect and ensure access of every patient!
Our teams continue to work hard inside law clinics across the Country to advocate for dignity, fairness and safe access to care for all.
Access to healthcare is a constitutional right and the state must act with urgency to protect and ensure access of every patient!
Access to healthcare is a constitutional right and the state must act with urgency to protect and ensure access of every patient!
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Our teams continue to work hard inside law clinics across the Country to advocate for dignity, fairness and safe access to care for all.
Access to healthcare is a constitutional right and the state must act with urgency to protect and ensure access of every patient!
Access to healthcare is a constitutional right and the state must act with urgency to protect and ensure access of every patient!
📢 Press statement | LHR stands with Section27, Médecins Sans Frontières / MSF (MSF) ,Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia - KAAX
In calling for urgent action to stop the unlawful blocking of clinics in Gauteng.
In calling for urgent action to stop the unlawful blocking of clinics in Gauteng.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
📢 Press statement | LHR stands with Section27, Médecins Sans Frontières / MSF (MSF) ,Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia - KAAX
In calling for urgent action to stop the unlawful blocking of clinics in Gauteng.
In calling for urgent action to stop the unlawful blocking of clinics in Gauteng.
📣 Today on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, we joined community activists from Freedom Park and Orange Farm to reflect on freedom of expression, the right to information, and the role of journalists in democracy!
Thanks to Amnesty Int SA, Sanef & European Union for their support!
Thanks to Amnesty Int SA, Sanef & European Union for their support!
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
📣 Today on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, we joined community activists from Freedom Park and Orange Farm to reflect on freedom of expression, the right to information, and the role of journalists in democracy!
Thanks to Amnesty Int SA, Sanef & European Union for their support!
Thanks to Amnesty Int SA, Sanef & European Union for their support!
📢 Important Notice 📢
Our Immigration Detention Hotline closes today and will reopen on 7 Jan 2026.
If you or someone you know is arrested during this period, you still have rights that must be respected!
Access our pocket booklet here: lhr.org.za/.../your-right…
Our Immigration Detention Hotline closes today and will reopen on 7 Jan 2026.
If you or someone you know is arrested during this period, you still have rights that must be respected!
Access our pocket booklet here: lhr.org.za/.../your-right…
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
📢 Important Notice 📢
Our Immigration Detention Hotline closes today and will reopen on 7 Jan 2026.
If you or someone you know is arrested during this period, you still have rights that must be respected!
Access our pocket booklet here: lhr.org.za/.../your-right…
Our Immigration Detention Hotline closes today and will reopen on 7 Jan 2026.
If you or someone you know is arrested during this period, you still have rights that must be respected!
Access our pocket booklet here: lhr.org.za/.../your-right…
📢 We are in Maseru 🇱🇸 for the 46th ACERWC Session 📢
Later today we co-host a side event on the right to a nationality and ending childhood statelessness in Africa.
Grateful to our partners and to UNHCR and Global Alliance to End Statelessness for the support!
Later today we co-host a side event on the right to a nationality and ending childhood statelessness in Africa.
Grateful to our partners and to UNHCR and Global Alliance to End Statelessness for the support!
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📢 We are in Maseru 🇱🇸 for the 46th ACERWC Session 📢
Later today we co-host a side event on the right to a nationality and ending childhood statelessness in Africa.
Grateful to our partners and to UNHCR and Global Alliance to End Statelessness for the support!
Later today we co-host a side event on the right to a nationality and ending childhood statelessness in Africa.
Grateful to our partners and to UNHCR and Global Alliance to End Statelessness for the support!
💜 On Friday, 21 Nov 25, we joined the 15 min laydown at Con Hill in Jhb. A moment of reflection and a reminder of the urgent work still needed to end GBVF!
We remain committed to justice for survivors, accountability and pushing our #notfitforpurpose campaign for a more effective NSP response!
We remain committed to justice for survivors, accountability and pushing our #notfitforpurpose campaign for a more effective NSP response!
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
💜 On Friday, 21 Nov 25, we joined the 15 min laydown at Con Hill in Jhb. A moment of reflection and a reminder of the urgent work still needed to end GBVF!
We remain committed to justice for survivors, accountability and pushing our #notfitforpurpose campaign for a more effective NSP response!
We remain committed to justice for survivors, accountability and pushing our #notfitforpurpose campaign for a more effective NSP response!