COVID-19, Rural Livelihoods and Human Rights: A South African Perspective

South African Human Rights Commission

Health and human rights. A South African experience.

AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW JOURNAL Ubuntu as a moral theory and human rights in South Africa

There are three major reasons why ideas associated with ubuntu are often deemed to be an inappropriate basis for a public morality in today’s South Africa. One is that they are too vague; a second is that they fail to acknowledge the value of individual freedom; and a third is that they fit traditional, small-scale culture more than a modern, industrial society. In this article, I provide a phi...

Ethics and human rights in South African medicine.

Paradoxes and Dilemmas of Institutional Change: Human Rights and Livelihoods in Rural War-torn Angola

This case study1 critiques the conceptual architecture of a United Nations peacebuilding project called the Human Rights Committee (HRC) and suggests areas of further research and potential action to identify mismatches between local context and institution-building efforts that generate disempowering government structures. The committees were designed for implementation in Angola’s war-torn pr...