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.
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!
📣 #CreateProject in Cape Town📍
We are underway at SunSquare Cape Town City Bowl with SANEF, LHR and AISA hosting a two day workshop on safety wellbeing and legal rights in the newsroom.
Journalists are engaging on the pressures facing media today and the need for resilience and accountability!
We are underway at SunSquare Cape Town City Bowl with SANEF, LHR and AISA hosting a two day workshop on safety wellbeing and legal rights in the newsroom.
Journalists are engaging on the pressures facing media today and the need for resilience and accountability!
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
📣 #CreateProject in Cape Town📍
We are underway at SunSquare Cape Town City Bowl with SANEF, LHR and AISA hosting a two day workshop on safety wellbeing and legal rights in the newsroom.
Journalists are engaging on the pressures facing media today and the need for resilience and accountability!
We are underway at SunSquare Cape Town City Bowl with SANEF, LHR and AISA hosting a two day workshop on safety wellbeing and legal rights in the newsroom.
Journalists are engaging on the pressures facing media today and the need for resilience and accountability!
🌿 Today is our Mental Health Day 🌿
We are taking a moment to recharge and reset!
Our offices will reopen on Monday, 24 November 2025.
Take care of yourselves and each other 💜
We are taking a moment to recharge and reset!
Our offices will reopen on Monday, 24 November 2025.
Take care of yourselves and each other 💜
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🌿 Today is our Mental Health Day 🌿
We are taking a moment to recharge and reset!
Our offices will reopen on Monday, 24 November 2025.
Take care of yourselves and each other 💜
We are taking a moment to recharge and reset!
Our offices will reopen on Monday, 24 November 2025.
Take care of yourselves and each other 💜
💜 LHR stands in solidarity with all who are fighting to end Gender Based Violence and Femicide. 💜 ✊🏿
Our work under the #NotFitForPurpose campaign challenges laws and systems that weaken accountability and silence the voices that must be heard!
Info about our campaign : shorturl.at/n7FDp
Our work under the #NotFitForPurpose campaign challenges laws and systems that weaken accountability and silence the voices that must be heard!
Info about our campaign : shorturl.at/n7FDp
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
💜 LHR stands in solidarity with all who are fighting to end Gender Based Violence and Femicide. 💜 ✊🏿
Our work under the #NotFitForPurpose campaign challenges laws and systems that weaken accountability and silence the voices that must be heard!
Info about our campaign : shorturl.at/n7FDp
Our work under the #NotFitForPurpose campaign challenges laws and systems that weaken accountability and silence the voices that must be heard!
Info about our campaign : shorturl.at/n7FDp
📍Refugee Guide Launch in Cape Town📍
Yesterday we introduced the Refugee Guide to partners and community groups in Cape Town.
The guide strengthens support for asylum seekers and refugees by making information on rights, documentation and services easier to access. ✊🏾
Yesterday we introduced the Refugee Guide to partners and community groups in Cape Town.
The guide strengthens support for asylum seekers and refugees by making information on rights, documentation and services easier to access. ✊🏾
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📍Refugee Guide Launch in Cape Town📍
Yesterday we introduced the Refugee Guide to partners and community groups in Cape Town.
The guide strengthens support for asylum seekers and refugees by making information on rights, documentation and services easier to access. ✊🏾
Yesterday we introduced the Refugee Guide to partners and community groups in Cape Town.
The guide strengthens support for asylum seekers and refugees by making information on rights, documentation and services easier to access. ✊🏾
🚨 SA cannot afford another empty promise in the fight against Gender Based Violence and Femicide. 🚨
The National Council on GBVF Act falls short!
We need transparency, real partnership and a response grounded in the National Strategic Plan.
Fund the NSP Now. Amend the Act. ✊🏿
shorturl.at/HWSU9
The National Council on GBVF Act falls short!
We need transparency, real partnership and a response grounded in the National Strategic Plan.
Fund the NSP Now. Amend the Act. ✊🏿
shorturl.at/HWSU9
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🚨 SA cannot afford another empty promise in the fight against Gender Based Violence and Femicide. 🚨
The National Council on GBVF Act falls short!
We need transparency, real partnership and a response grounded in the National Strategic Plan.
Fund the NSP Now. Amend the Act. ✊🏿
shorturl.at/HWSU9
The National Council on GBVF Act falls short!
We need transparency, real partnership and a response grounded in the National Strategic Plan.
Fund the NSP Now. Amend the Act. ✊🏿
shorturl.at/HWSU9
SANEF, LHR and AmnestySA hosted a two day workshop on 29 and 30 Sep 2025 focused on resilience, accountability and the environment.
Journalists and human rights defenders came together to sharpen safety practices, understand their legal rights and reflect on the pressures shaping the profession.
Journalists and human rights defenders came together to sharpen safety practices, understand their legal rights and reflect on the pressures shaping the profession.
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
SANEF, LHR and AmnestySA hosted a two day workshop on 29 and 30 Sep 2025 focused on resilience, accountability and the environment.
Journalists and human rights defenders came together to sharpen safety practices, understand their legal rights and reflect on the pressures shaping the profession.
Journalists and human rights defenders came together to sharpen safety practices, understand their legal rights and reflect on the pressures shaping the profession.
📣 Join us in Gqeberha! 📣
SANEF, LHR & Amnesty SA host a 2-day #CreateProject workshop on resilient journalism, safety, wellbeing & legal rights.
A space to pause, share, and gain tools for safer, stronger reporting. More details on the poster!
SANEF, LHR & Amnesty SA host a 2-day #CreateProject workshop on resilient journalism, safety, wellbeing & legal rights.
A space to pause, share, and gain tools for safer, stronger reporting. More details on the poster!
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
📣 Join us in Gqeberha! 📣
SANEF, LHR & Amnesty SA host a 2-day #CreateProject workshop on resilient journalism, safety, wellbeing & legal rights.
A space to pause, share, and gain tools for safer, stronger reporting. More details on the poster!
SANEF, LHR & Amnesty SA host a 2-day #CreateProject workshop on resilient journalism, safety, wellbeing & legal rights.
A space to pause, share, and gain tools for safer, stronger reporting. More details on the poster!
LHR welcomes a landmark victory !
The High Court has ruled that denying Nthabiseng Mokoena gender‑affirming care and recognition was unfair discrimination!
The DCS must now provide treatment, respect her identity and ensure her safety ✊
Judgment: shorturl.at/2plbk
The High Court has ruled that denying Nthabiseng Mokoena gender‑affirming care and recognition was unfair discrimination!
The DCS must now provide treatment, respect her identity and ensure her safety ✊
Judgment: shorturl.at/2plbk
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
LHR welcomes a landmark victory !
The High Court has ruled that denying Nthabiseng Mokoena gender‑affirming care and recognition was unfair discrimination!
The DCS must now provide treatment, respect her identity and ensure her safety ✊
Judgment: shorturl.at/2plbk
The High Court has ruled that denying Nthabiseng Mokoena gender‑affirming care and recognition was unfair discrimination!
The DCS must now provide treatment, respect her identity and ensure her safety ✊
Judgment: shorturl.at/2plbk
Press Statement | LHR Deeply Disappointed
Once again, justice is delayed!
Despite repeated court orders, the directors of Integrated Business Supply continue to defy the Labour Court’s rulings, leaving Mr Vusimusi Hlope unemployed since 2021.
Once again, justice is delayed!
Despite repeated court orders, the directors of Integrated Business Supply continue to defy the Labour Court’s rulings, leaving Mr Vusimusi Hlope unemployed since 2021.
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Press Statement | LHR Deeply Disappointed
Once again, justice is delayed!
Despite repeated court orders, the directors of Integrated Business Supply continue to defy the Labour Court’s rulings, leaving Mr Vusimusi Hlope unemployed since 2021.
Once again, justice is delayed!
Despite repeated court orders, the directors of Integrated Business Supply continue to defy the Labour Court’s rulings, leaving Mr Vusimusi Hlope unemployed since 2021.