The LRC's Vision

Inspired by our history, the Constitution and international human rights standards, the LRC is committed to a fully democratic society based on the principle of substantive equality and to ensure that the principles, rights, and responsibilities enshrined in our national Constitution are respected, promoted, protected and fulfilled.

The LRC's Mission

To strive, both for itself and in its work, for a fully democratic society based on the principle of substantive equality and to ensure that the principles, rights, and responsibilities enshrined in our national Constitution are respected, promoted, protected and fulfilled.

To function as an independent, client-based, non-profit public interest law clinic which uses law as an instrument of justice and provide legal services for the vulnerable and marginalised, including the poor, homeless, and landless people and communities of South Africa who suffer discrimination by reason of race, class, gender, disability or by reason of social, economic, and historical circumstances.

To work for a fully democratic society and to build respect for the rule of law and constitutional democracy; enable the vulnerable and marginalised to assert and develop their rights; promote gender and racial equality and oppose all forms of unfair discrimination; and contribute to the development of a human rights jurisprudence and to the social and economic transformation of society.

The LRC seeks creative and effective solutions by using a range of strategies, including impact litigation, law reform, participation in partnerships and development processes, education and networking within South Africa, the African continent and at the international level.

New Book Notification

Land Power & Custom
Land, Power & Custom, edited by Aninka Claassens and Ben Cousins, a joint project with the Legal Resources Centre, was launched in Johannesburg on 21st August 2008 and in Cape Town on the 25th August 2008.

The controversies generated by the Act include the reform of communal land tenure and its impacts on power and gender relations, especially for people in the rural communities of South Africa.

Speeches given at the Cape Town book launch of Land, Power & Custom

Custom and Democracy in Post-Apartheid South Africa (Women and "Living" Customary Law)
Professor Thandabantu Nhlapo, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town

Custom and Democracy, The case of Hosi Phillia Shilubana
Lydia Ngwenya, MP

Foreword to Land, Power & Custom by Janet Love, Director of the Legal Resources Centre.

 

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Is the judiciary in crisis?
Lex Mpati
29 October 2008

Lecture delivered at the University of Pretoria, as part of the Faculty of Law Prestige Lecture Series on the occasion of the University's Centenary Celebrations


Comments made at the Gordon Institute for Business Science Forum on the independence of the judiciary
Arthur Chaskalson
20 August 2008

The independence of the judiciary is generally regarded as being an essential component of democratic government. There should be no doubt about this. It is spelt out in our Constitution, which gives effect to internationally accepted principles, which have been applied in judgments of the Constitutional Court.

Kgalema defends judges
City Press
23 August 2008

ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has sharply contradicted some ardent supporters of party leader Jacob Zuma on the judiciary, economy and even the SABC.

Strategy document of the LRC:

Advancing Human Rights in South Africa and Africa, Strategic Direction for 2008 - 2012

"Advancing Human Rights in South Africa & Africa, Strategic Direction for 2008 - 2012"

 
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