Report Card 2017
Human Rights Report Card 2017 The Respect, Protection, Promotion and Fulfilment of Rights in the Bill of Rights during 2016 Centre for CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS Contents Methodology 1 Report Card 2017 Grades 2 Introduction 3 Equality 6 Human Dignity 8 Life 9 Freedom and Security of the Person 10 Slavery, Servitude and Forced Labour 11 Privacy 12 Freedom of Religion, Belief and Opinion 13 Freedom of Expression 14 Freedom of Assembly, Demonstration, Picket and Petition 15 Freedom of Association 16 Political Rights 17 Citizenship 18 Freedom of Movement and Residence 19 Freedom of Trade, Occupation and Profession 20 Labour Relations 21 Environment 22 Property 24 Housing 25 Healthcare, Food, Water and Social Security 26 Children 29 Education 31 Language and Culture 33 Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities 34 Access to Information 35 Just Administrative Action 36 Access to Courts 37 Arrested, Detained and Accused Persons 38 Conclusion 39 Index 40 While the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) strives to provide complete and accurate information, the Centre does not assume any liability whatsoever for the accuracy and completeness of the information contained herein. To the best of the CFCR’s knowledge, the information contained herein is accurate and reliable as of date of publication. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CARD 2017 Methodology THE CENTRE for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) has for the past eight years, annually presented a Human Rights Report Card in terms of which, realisation of human rights in South Africa is measured. The Report awards grades on a scale of A to E - A representing excellent, and E representing poor. The Report assesses decisions by Courts, legislation, repeated incident occurrences or an incident which shocks the conscience of nation, such as the Marikana killings, as well the reports compiled by well-established, trustworthy and competent bodies such as Transparency International, the United Nations (UN) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
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