About the Human Rights Lecture and Roundtable Discussion Dialogue
To commemorate International Human Rights Day and the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a panel discussion was held on December 10, 2007 at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).
The roundtable discussion was organised by the SAHRC in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The discussion was preceded by a lecture by Commissioner Bahame Tom Nyanduga, Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa with the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights.
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Foundation publishes human rights dialogue booklet
March 27, 2008 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation has just published a booklet recording the Human Rights Lecture and Roundtable Discussion held in conjunction with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) on December 10, 2007.
Dignity and justice for all
Dec 10, 2007 – Sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, how far has Africa – and South Africa – come in converting human wrongs into human rights?
This issue and others central to the protection and promotion of human rights around the theme “Dignity and justice for all” were discussed by a panel and guests invited to a dialogue at the South African Human Rights Commission in Johannesburg today.
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Dignity and Justice for All
Reflecting On Human Rights In Africa Today. Human Rights Lecture and Roundtable Discussion, 10 December 2007.