Business and Human Rights in South Africa

TOOLKIT FOR BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Supported by INTRODUCTION

Human rights and labour are a constant risk for business in South Africa. To understand the extent of the business and human rights landscape, the Global Compact Network (GCN-SA) and the National Business Initiative (NBI) began a concerted process of engagement in 2013. The process brings together United Nations Global Compact signatories (UNGC) in South Africa for regular learning and sharing with a view to develop good practice.

In developing good practice on human rights, companies in South Africa have to understand and respond to a range of regulatory and voluntary requirements. These include both domestic frameworks and global conventions and guidelines on human rights. Human rights intersect and are embedded in various other spheres, i.e. environmental and governance issues.

It is due to such complexities that the GCN-SA responded by developing this toolkit for business and human rights to guide integration and alignment in implementation. The toolkit is intended to demonstrate the extent of the requirements on the landscape and how human rights are benchmarked in environmental policies and frameworks, as well as on ethics and governance issues. The toolkit also maps the available codes and conventions, tools and indices, key stakeholders and human rights organisations in context. Where possible, we have provided live links to these frameworks.

As the Human Rights Working Group of the Global Compact Network South Africa, we view this toolkit as generic for all sectors, adaptable and a work in progress given the frequency with which new issues arise. The toolkit is available on our website, and we will update it frequently. Signatories and other stakeholders interested in this work should send us input and feedback, which we will integrate on a regular basis.

As the GCN-SA, we would like to acknowledge the contribution and support of Nedbank, Synergy Global Consulting and all signatories that engaged with us in developing the toolkit. We hope you will find it useful.

The Human Rights Working Group Global Compact Network South Africa

Paul Kapelus: Chairman (Synergy Consulting) Driekie Havenga: Member (Nedbank Group) Achieng Ojwang: Secretariat (NBI)

For comments please contact the Secretariat, Achieng Ojwang [email protected]

1 HUMAN RIGHTS TOOLS FOR BUSINESS COMPLIANCE TOOLS COMPLIANCE TOOLS A Guide for Integrating Human Rights into Conducting an Effective Human Rights Business Management Impact Assessment - Guidelines, Steps, and An online tool produced by the Business Leaders Examples Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR), the UN This report captures lessons from BSR's efforts Global Compact and the Office of the UN High to overcome these challenges in the course of Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). conducting HRIAs in various industries, including information and communications technology, A Resource Guide to Corporate Human energy and extractives, health care, agriculture, Rights Reporting and media. This collaborative publication offers a practical guide on steps that companies can take to Conflict-sensitive business practice: improve their coverage of human rights as part of Guidance for Extractive Industries their sustainability reports and was developed This report consists of guidance on doing through extensive expert consultation. business in societies at risk of conflict for field managers working across a range of business activities, as well as headquarters staff in political Business & Human Rights Resource Centre risk, security, external relations and social (BHRRC) performance departments. It provides information The BHRRC works with everyone to advance on understanding conflict risk through a series of human rights in business. They track the human practical documents. rights abuse and advances of companies around the world, and help the vulnerable eradicate Danish Institute for Human Rights abuse. Through research, tools and partnerships with key stakeholders, DIHR aims to contribute to Children’s Rights in Impact Assessment - A building a global environment in which adverse Guide for Integrating Children’s Rights into business impacts are minimised, and Impact Assessments and Taking Action for opportunities for business’ potential for positive Children contribution to human rights are realised. This tool is designed to guide companies in assessing their policies and processes as they Frequently Asked Questions on the Guiding relate to their responsibility to respect children’s Principles on Business and Human Rights rights and their commitment to support children’s This publication with frequently asked questions rights. aims to explain the background and the contents of the Guiding Principles on Business and Community Based Human Right Impact Human Rights and how they relate to the broader Assessment Initiative human rights system and other frameworks. It The tool provides communities, practitioners, and aims to help both practitioners and newcomers advocates the confidence and knowledge that navigate the principles and improve their will enable them to identify human rights impacts, understanding. propose responses, and engage government and corporate actors to take action to respect human rights.

2 Getting It Right Human Rights Compliance Assessment This tool is a dynamic participatory approach for A comprehensive tool designed to detect human analysing the human rights impacts of private rights risks in company operations. It covers all and public foreign investments. It enables internationally recognised human rights and their communities and the organisations that support impact on all stakeholders, including employees, them to identify human rights impacts, propose local communities, customers and host responses, and engage government and governments. corporate actors to take action to respect human rights. Human Rights Compliance Assessment Tool – Version 2.0 Guide to Human Rights Impact Assessment A diagnostic tool designed to promote corporate and Management social responsibility by providing companies with This tool is the result of collaboration between information about how to avoid human rights the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) violations in all aspects of their operations. and International Finance Corporation (IFC), in association with the United Nations Global Human Rights Impact Resource Centre Compact. It is designed to be a practical tool that A collection of tools that ensure the enables companies to identify, understand, and implementation of human rights throughout evaluate actual or potential human rights impacts corporate practices and management systems. of a project at each stage of development and operations. This approach links human rights Human Rights in Business: A Best Practice assessment to existing management processes. Guide to the Human Rights Compliance Assessment How to Do Business with Respect for Human This guide provides insight into best practices Rights – A Guidance Tool for Companies developed by some of the companies which have The descriptions, learnings and guidance points used The Human Rights Compliance collected in this guidance tool build on the Assessment tool (see above). It illustrates how experience gained during the course of the the Human Rights Compliance Assessment has Business & Human Rights Initiative. They are been applied within the management systems of intended to help companies implement a these companies. commitment to respect human rights in line with the framework of the Special Representative. Human Rights Training Toolkit for the Oil and Gas Industry Human Rights and Business Country Guide: This toolkit has been developed at IPIECA’s South Africa request with the assistance of a third party. It is a This guide contains information regarding the useful resource document rather than a potential and actual human rights impacts of document representing standards or the views of businesses operating in South Africa. IPIECA or its individual members. The toolkit is descriptive rather than prescriptive and is not Human Rights and Business Dilemmas meant to represent consensus among the widely Forum held views of member companies. A web page that collates a range of materials that provide further insight, context and guidance International Human Rights Fact-Finding to business integrity and the corruption dilemma. Guidelines (the Lund-London Guidelines) It includes general human rights resources and Created by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of links to international standards, dilemma-specific Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, these materials and the background working papers of guidelines, written for NGOs, offer assistance in the project. fact-finding and report writing "with a view to improving accuracy, objectivity, transparency and credibility in human rights fact finding."

3 Masizibheke – Human Rights Compliance University of Minnesota Human Rights Assessment South Africa Library "Masizibheke" ("Let's look at ourselves"), the This online library includes a large collection of South African version of the Human Rights international human rights treaties, instruments, Compliance Assessment, is a voluntary self- general comments, recommendations, decisions, assessment tool, specifically tailored to the South and views of treaty bodies in a well ordered African legislative, social, economic and political layout. context. It assists companies with translating human rights into business practice in South Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Africa by determining the impact of company Rights – Implementation Guidance Tool operations on the human rights of its employees, This is a set of tools designed to help companies, local residents and all other stakeholders. their employees, and their contractors implement the Voluntary Principles. Respecting Human Rights – Tools and Guidance for Business The main objective of this report is to assist the business sector in human rights due diligence by providing an overview of current tools and guidance materials.

SHIFT Shift is the leading centre of expertise on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Founded in 2011, Shift's team of experts works globally with businesses, governments, civil society and international organisations to embed the Guiding Principles into practice.

The Good Corporation Framework on Human Rights This is a set of management practices that demonstrate a responsible approach to respecting human rights. Organisations can use this framework as a tool to measure and improve the robustness of their policies and systems.

United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Human Rights Guidance Tool UNEP FI is committed to exploring the intricacies between social issues, human rights and financial sector practices. UNEP FI aims to de- mystify the language and jargon surrounding the social agenda, and clarify how social issues relate to the activities of finance institutions.

4 HUMAN RIGHTS BENCHMARKS: ENVIRONMENT

LEGISLATION CODES/CONVENTIONS TOOLS INDICES STAKEHOLDERS

 Animals Protection Act  Agreement for the implementation of  Carbon Disclosure  Africa  Activists 71 of 1962 the Provisions of the United Nations Project Sustainability  BASA Convention on the Law of the Sea of Barometer  Conservation of  CEO Water Mandate  BUSA 10 December 1982 relating to the Agricultural Resources  Equator Principles  Dow Jones SI Con servation and Management of  Clients, suppliers and Act 43 of 1983  JSE SRI Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly  GRI intermediaries  Environmental Migratory Fisk Stocks  Human Rights and  UNGC  Communities Regulations for Communication  Antarctic Treaty – Scientific Committee Business Country  Competitors Workplaces 1987 of Progress on Antarctic Research (SCAR) – Guide: South Africa (Government Notice  Employees Council of managers of national  IFC EHS Guidelines No. R. 2281) Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP)  ESKOM  International Finance  Fertilizers, Farm Feeds  Global System for  Basel Convention – Convention on the Corporation and Stock Remedies Mobile (GSMA ) Control of Transboundary Movements Performance Act 36 of 1947 of Hazardous Wastes and their Standards on Social  Government  Hazardous Substances Disposal and Environmental  Human Rights Act 15 of 1973  Bonn Convention – (CMC) Convention Sustainability Commission  Marine Living on the Conservation of Migratory  ISO14001  International Resources Act 18 of Species of Wild Animals  Sustainable Finance Integrated Reporting 1998  CBD – United nations Framework Code of Conduct – Council  Marine Pollution Convention on Climate Change BASA  International (Control and Civil  CCAMLR – Convention on the  UNGC Telecommunications Liability) Act 6 of 1981 Conservation of Ant arctic Marine Living Union  Water CDP  Marine Pollutio n Resources  Investors (Prevention of Pollution  WBCSD Water Tool  CITES – Convention on International  Municipalities from Ships) Act 2 of Trade in Endangered Species of Wild  NBI 1986 Fauna and Flora

5 LEGISLATION CODES/CONVENTIONS TOOLS INDICES STAKEHOLDERS

 Mountain Catc hment  Environment  Provincial Areas Act 63 of 1970  Ethical Trading Initiative Departments  National Environmental  Public Protector  Ex tractive Industries Transparency Management: Air  Regulators Quality Act 39 of 2004 Initiative  SAHRA  National Environmental  International Cocoa Initiative  Shareholders Management:  Montreal Protocol – Protocol for th e Biodiversity Act 10 of  Special Interest Protection of the Ozone Layer 2004 Groups  POPs Persistent Organic Pollutants  National Environmental  UN GRI Management:  Ramsar Convention – Convention of  UNEP FI Integrated Coastal Wetlands of International Importance  UNGC Management Act 24 of especially as Waterfowl Habitat  WWF 2008  Rotterdam (PIC) Convention on prior  National Environmental Informed Consent Management:  UNCCD – Convention on Protected Areas Act 57 Desertification of 2003  UNCLOS – United Nations Law of the  National Environmental Sea Convention Management: Waste  UNGC Act 59 of 2008  World heritage Convention – National Forests Act 84  Convention concerning the Protection of 1998 of the world culture and natural heritage  National Heritage Resources Act 25 of 1999  National Water Act 36 of 1998

6 STRATEGIES, POLICIES, PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT COMPANIES SHOULD HAVE IN PLACE

 Environmental p olicy  Social and environmental management system  Framework for recycling  Social and environmental impact assessment  Transformation , soci al and ethics board committee

7 HUMAN RIGHTS BENCHMARKS: GOVERNANCE, ETHICS, EMPLOYEES, CLIENTS, THE VALUE CHAIN & ANTI-CORRUPTION

LEGISLATION CODES/CONVENTIONS TOOLS INDICES STAKEHOLDERS

 Basic Conditions of  Electronics Industry Code of Conduct  Equator Principles  Dow Jones SI  Activists Employment Act  FAIR Labor Association GRI  JSE SRI  BASA  BBBEE *  ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles  Human Rights and  Transparency  BUSA  BCEA Regulations Concerning Multinational Enterprises Business Country International  Clients, suppliers and on Hazardous Work and Social Policy Guide: South Africa Corruption intermediaries Perceptions by Children (No. R 7)  International Bill of Human Rights  IFC EHS Guidelines  Communities Index  Bill of Rights  International Finance Corporation  IFC Performance  Competitors  UNGC  Companies Act of 2008 Performance Standards on Social and Standards Communication  Employees and Regulations * Environmental Sustainability  Sustainable Finance of Progress  Global System for  International Labour Organisation – 8 Code of Conduct –  Constitution Mobile (GSMA) core conventions BASA  Employment Equity Act  Government  Kimberley Process Certification  UNGC  FATCA * Scheme *  Human Rights Commis sion  Labour Relations Act  King III  International  Occupational Health  OECD Guidelines for Multinational Integrated Reporting and Safety Act Enterprises * Council  Protected Disclosures  OECD Principles of Corporate  International Act * Governance Telecommunications  Protection of Personal  Restriction of the Use of Certain Union Information (PoPI) Hazardous Substances in Electrical  Investors 2013 (still to be and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) enacted)  NBI  Treating Customers Fairly *  Sarbanes Oxley  Public Protector

8 LEGISLATION CODES/CONVENTIONS TOOLS INDICES STAKEHOLDERS

 Skills Development Act  UK Combined Code   Regulators  South African  UNGC  SAHRA Prevention and o Anti -corruption *  Shareholders Combating of Corrupt o Human Rights  Special Interest Activities Act of 2004 * o Labour Gro ups  UK Bribery Act* o John Ruggie Guiding  UN GRI  Principles *  UNEP FI  Universal Declaration of Human Rights  UNGC  Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights  Waste Electronics and Electrical Equipment convention 

*In addition to the listed tools, indices and stakeholders, items marked with an asterisk indicate a helpful focus on anti-corruption benchmarks.

9 STRATEGIES, POLICIES, PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT COMPANIES SHOULD HAVE IN PLACE

Governance and Ethics Employees and Clients

 Antitrust/anticompetitive practices policy  Branch security policy  Boar d ethics statement  Career management  Business continuity policy  Diversity and inclusion policy  Code of conduct  Employee relations  Code of ethics  Employee wellbeing o Child labour  Fair employment policy o Anti -bribery  Firearms policy  Compliance policy  Gender equality strategy  Corporate social investment policy  Group physical security policy  Corporate social responsibility policy  HIV/Aids programme  Credit policies  Human resources policies  Employee pledge  Migrating labour strategy  Enterprise governance policy and principles  Occ upational health and safety  Enterprise -wide risk management policy  People development policy  Ethics framework  People transformation policy  Facilities use policy  Performance management policy  Financial inclusion  Personal account trading  Group EXCO ethics statement  Procurement policy  Human rights in business strategy  Remuneration policy Complicity o  Rewards and recognition policy o Grievance mechanisms  Social media guidelines and policy o Human rights due diligence

10 Governance and Ethics Employees and Clients

o Human rights impact assessment  Staffing policy o Policy  Travel policy o Sphere of influence o Stakeholders  Union interaction  Human rights statement  Information security policy  Integrated reporting  Legal and insurance risk management  New product approval policy  Outsourcing poli cy  Privacy policy  Procurement policy  Reputational risk policy  Risk appetite policy  Rumour policy  Sanctions compliance policy  Smoking policy  Social and ethics board committee  Strategic risk principles  Taxation policy  Technology management  Whistleblowing pol icy

11 Anti-Corruption

 Anti -money laundering and the combating of financing and terrorist -related activities policy  Business integrity policy  Code of ethics on: o Political donations o Bribes and facilitation pa yments o Gifts o Conflicts of interest  Code of conduct on: o Fraud and corrupt activities policy

12 HUMAN RIGHTS BENCHMARKS: COMMUNITY

LEGISLATION CODES/CONVENTIONS TOOLS INDICES STAKEHOLDERS

 Asbestos Regulations  Codes of Good Practice for South  Amnesty International  Dow Jones SI  Activists African Non -profit Organisations (NPOs) 1987. Department of Guidelines for  JSE S RI  BASA Manpo wer Notice No.  Convention against Discriminati on in Companies Education  Transparency  BUSA R. 773  Children’s Rights in International  Clients, suppliers and  Convention against Torture and Other Impact Assessment  BBBEE Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment Corruption intermediaries  Community Based Perceptions  Chapter 2 of South or Punishment  Communities African Constitution –  Convention on the Elimination of All Human Right Impact Index  Competitors Bill of Rights Forms of Discrimination against Women Assessment  UNGC (CEDAW)  Employees  Access to Information Initiative Communication  Convention on the Rights of a Child of Progress  Global System for Act (Section 32(1)(a) of   Convention on the Rights of People with Conflict -sensitive the Constitution of the Mobile (GSMA ) Disabilities business practice: Republic of South Africa  Declaration on the Elimination of All Guidance for  Government Act, No. 108 of 1996) Forms of Intolerance and of Extractive Industries  Human Rights  Children’s Act 38 of Discrimination Based on Religion or Commission Belief  Equator Principles 2005  International Integrated  Declaration on Social Progress and  Ethical and Effective  Community Welfare Act Reporting Council Development Grantmaking (House of  Declaration on the Elimination of  Int ernational Representatives) 1987.  GRI Violence against Women Telecommunications No. 104  Getting It Right  Declaration on the Protection of Women Union  Domestic Viol ence Act and Children in Emergency and Armed  Human Rights and  Investors 116 of 1998 Conflict Business Country  NBI  The National  Declaration on the Right to Guide: South Africa Development  Public Protector Environmental  IFC EHS Guidelines  Declaration on the Right of Peoples to  Regulators Management Act 107 of Peace  IFC Performance 1998  Declaration on the Use of Scientific and Standards  SAHRA Technological Progress in the Interests

13 LEGISLATION CODES/CONVENTIONS TOOLS INDICES STAKEHOLDERS

 National Health Act No.  Discrimination (Employment and  Investment -Related  Shareholders 61 of 2003 Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. Standards Toolbox 111)  Special Interest  National Heritage  Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951  Masizibheke – Human Groups Resources Act 25 of (No. 100) Rights Compliance  UN GRI UNEP FI 1999  International Covenant on Economic, Assessment South  UNGC  National Policy on Social and Cultural Rights (ICES CR) Africa Testing for HIV (No.  International Covenant on Civil and  Sustainable Finance 1479) Political Rights Code of Conduct –  International Convention on the BASA  Non -Profit Elimination of all Forms of Racial Organisati ons Act 71 of Discrimination (ICERD)  UNGC 1997  International Convention on the  The Global Sullivan  Prevention and Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Principles Combating of Torture of Workers and Members of Their Families Persons Act, 2013 (Act  Social Accountability 13 of 2013)  Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and 8000 Standards Punish Trafficking in Persons,  Prevention and Especially Women and Children,  Voluntary Principles Com bating of supplementing the United Nations for Security and Trafficking in Persons Convention against Transnational Human Rights Act, 2013 (Act 7 of Organized Crime 2013)   Recommendation concerning HIV and  Promotion of Access to AIDS and the World of WORK, 2010 Information Act No. 2 of (No 200) 2000  Universal Declaration of Human Rights  Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation  United Nations Declaration on the Act, 1995 (Act 34 of Rights of Indigenous People 1995)  Universa l Declaration on Cultural Diversity  The South African  Universal Declaration on the Eradication Human Rights of Hunger and Malnutrition Commission Act 201 3  Universal Declaration on the Human  South African Code of Genome and Human Rights of Pea ce

14 Good Practice on HIV and for the Benefit of Mankind. and AIDS and the World of Work, June 2012

STRATEGIES, POLICIES, PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT COMPANIES SHOULD HAVE IN PLACE

 Communications plan  Community agreements guidance  Community complaints, disputes and grievances mechanism  Community relations policy  Environmental policy  Social and environmental management system  Social and environmental assessment  Transformation, social and ethics board committee  Social investment procedure  Stakeholder engagement plan  Su stainable development policy

15 NETWORK OF ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN HUMAN RIGHTS

Action Support Centre (ASC) Anti-Xenophobia Action South Africa www.actionsupportcentre.co.za/ www.axasa.org.za/ The ACTION Support Centre (ASC) is the AXA is a coordinating body that works on a Africa regional hub of a global network of national scale by providing a shared, organisations and individuals committed to technologically-based infrastructure to help its conflict transformation. member organisations work more effectively both individually and collectively. Its aim is to meet and address the basic needs of the Africa Unite victims of refugee situations. www.africaunite.org.za/ Africa Unite (AU) is a human rights and youth Apartheid Survivors Khulumani Group empowerment organisation that works with www.khulumani.net citizens, refugees and migrants to prevent A membership-based organisation of roughly conflicts, enhance social cohesion and 85,000 victims and survivors of Apartheid- promote socio-economic development. related gross human rights violations in South Africa that has become a globally recognised African Diaspora Forum (ADF) movement spear-heading healing and http://adf.org.za/ memory, the struggle for reparations, and The African Diaspora Forum is a federation of active citizenship in countries transitioning out African migrants associations in South Africa. It of conflict. seeks to facilitate relationships between all Africans living in South Africa. Art for Humanity www.afh.org.za AIDS Foundation of South Africa (AFSA) An organisation that engages with cultural www.aids.org.za/ production, specifically in the visual arts, to This development organisation exists to promote human rights awareness regionally mitigate the impacts of HIV and AIDS and and globally. poverty through the implementation of health and community development projects in Association for Rural Advancement vulnerable communities. www.afra.co.za/ AFRA is an independent non-governmental AIDS Law Project organisation working on land rights and www.aidslawproject.org agrarian reform in KwaZulu-Natal, South This non-governmental organization works Africa. AFRA's work focuses on African rural exclusively to promote equal rights and justice people whose rights to land have been for people living with HIV and AIDS. undermined, whose tenure is insecure, and who do not have access to sufficient land to Amnesty International South Africa fulfil their development aspirations, or even www.amnesty.org.za their basic needs. A worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognised human rights.

16 Benchmarks Foundation CIVICUS http://www.bench-marks.org.za/ http://civicus.org Bench Marks Foundation is a non-profit, faith- CIVICUS is an international alliance of based organisation owned by the churches in members and partners, which constitutes an South Africa. It is a unique organisation in the influential network of organisations at the local, area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) national, regional and international levels, and and monitors corporate performance against spans the spectrum of civil society. an international measuring instrument, the Principles for Global Corporate Responsibility; Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Bench Marks for Measuring Business Arbitration Performance. www.ccma.org.za The CCMA is a dispute resolution body Black Sash established in terms of the Labour Relations www.blacksash.org.za Act (Act 66 of 1995). It is an independent body This organisation works to advance equality, and is not controlled by any political party, social justice and human rights in South Africa, trade union or business. It works to conciliate in part by providing a paralegal service. and arbitrate workplace disputes, as well as facilitate the establishment of workplace Centre for Environmental Rights forums and statutory councils. http://cer.org.za/ The Centre was established in October 2009 Commission for Promotion and Protection by eight civil society organisations (CSOs) in of Rights of Cultural, Religious and South Africa’s environmental and Linguistic Communities environmental justice sector to provide legal http://crlcommission.org.za and related support to environmental CSOs This commission was established in terms of and communities. the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious Centre for Human Rights, University of and Linguistic Communities Act, 2002. Its Pretoria purpose is to promote and protect the rights of www.chr.up.ac.za different cultural, religious and language Both an academic department and a non- communities. It must promote and develop governmental organisation, the Centre works peace, tolerance and national unity amongst towards human rights education in Africa, a these communities, on the basis of equality, greater awareness of human rights, the wide non-discrimination and freedom of association. dissemination of publications on human rights in Africa, and the improvement of the rights of Commission of Gender Equality women, people living with HIV, indigenous http://cge.org.za/ peoples, sexual minorities and other Established in terms of Section 187 of the disadvantaged or marginalised persons or Constitution of the Republic of South Africa in groups across the continent. order to promote respect for gender equality and the protection, development and Centre for the Study of Violence and attainment of gender equality. The CGE Reconciliation (CSVR) advances, promotes and protects gender www.csvr.org.za equality in South Africa through undertaking The CSVR adopts a multi-disciplinary research, public education, policy approach to understand and prevent violence, development, legislative initiatives, effective heal its effects and build sustainable peace monitoring and litigation. locally, continentally and globally.

17 Community Law Centre FoodBank South Africa www.communitylawcentre.org.za www.foodbank.org.za/ The Community Law Centre, part of the Law FoodBank South Africa (FoodBank SA) Faculty at the University of the Western Cape, sources donated food items and then arranges works to realise the democratic values and for these products to reach its Beneficiary human rights enshrined in South Africa’s Organisations, which are registered non-profit Constitution. organisations in the community that provide food to the needy. Beneficiary organisations Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in include orphanages, crèches, senior citizen SA homes, shelters, community kitchens and www.cormsa.org.za HIV/AIDS clinics. The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA), formerly known as the Foundation for Human Rights National Consortium for Refugee Affairs, is a www.fhr.org.za registered NPO whose main objectives are the This grant-making institution supports civil promotion and protection of the rights of society organisations in South Africa and the asylum seekers, refugees and international region that implement programmes which migrants. promote and protect human rights.

The Council for the Advancement of the Freedom of Expression Institute South African Constitution (CASAC) http://fxi.org.za/home/ www.casac.org.za/ The Freedom of Expression Institute is a non- This council is an initiative led by progressive profit, non-governmental organisation which people who want to advance the South African was established in 1994 to protect and foster Constitution as a platform for democratic the right to freedom of expression. The politics and the transformation of society and Institute was formed from a merger of three who believe in the advancement of a society organisations: The Campaign for Open Media, whose values are based on the core principles the Anti-Censorship Action Group and the of the Constitution – the promotion of socio- Media Defence Trust. economic rights, judicial independence & the rule of law, public accountability and open Greenpeace Africa governance. www.greenpeace.org/africa/ Greenpeace Africa works to expose crimes Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation against the environment wherever they might http://desmondtutuhivfoundation.org.za/ occur and irrespective who they are committed The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, housed by. within the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre (DTHC) at the University of Cape Town, is committed Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) to the pursuit of excellence in research, http://hsf.org.za/ treatment, training and prevention of HIV and This foundation promotes liberal constitutional related infections in Southern Africa. democracy and upholds the principles of the South African Constitution. The HSF is Diakonia Council of Churches committed to reasoned discourse, fairness and www.diakonia.org.za equity, the protection of human rights, and the The Diakonia Council of Churches is an promotion of the rule of law. ecumenical, inter-church agency, working with churches and church organisations in the Human Rights Development Initiative pursuit of a more just society, including an www.hrdi.org.za improved quality of life for the poor, as well as This initiative works with university-based law changes in attitudes and structures which clinics at leading universities and human rights perpetuate injustice. NGOs in Southern and East Africa to build a cadre of young lawyers dedicated to social and economic justice.

18 Human Rights Institute of South Africa Media Monitoring Africa (Hurisa) www.mediamonitoringafrica.org www.hurisa.org.za Media Monitoring Africa (formerly Media Monitoring Project) is a non-profit organisation This is an NGO that provides professional that promotes democracy and a culture where services towards the promotion of a human the media and the powerful respect human rights culture, peace and democracy. rights and encourage a just and fair society. MMA acts in a watchdog role to promote Human Sciences Research Council ethical and fair journalism that supports human www.hsrc.ac.za rights. The HSRC is committed to creating cutting- National Anti-Corruption Forum edge research which supports national www.nacf.org.za/ development. The NACF is comprised of three sectors, namely business, civil society and government. Land Claims Commission (LCC) It contributes towards the establishment of a The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights national consensus through the co-ordination (the Land Claims Commission) was set up of sectoral strategies against corruption, under Section 25 (7) and (8) of the Bill of advises government on national initiatives on the implementation of strategies to combat Rights (the property rights section) to mediate corruption, shares information and best and decide on claims to land made by people practice on sectoral anti-corruption work, and who had been forcibly removed under the laws advise sectors on the improvement of sectoral of apartheid. The Land Claims Commission is anti-corruption strategies. an independent body that is only accountable to the Constitution and to Parliament. It must National Consumer Forum www.consumerfair.co.za send a report of its activities and findings to An umbrella body for consumer organisations, Parliament at least once a year. the forum is dedicated to the promotion and protection of consumer rights. Members Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) include the National Credit Regulator, the nine www.lhr.org.za Provincial Consumer Affairs Directorates, the LHR provides free legal services to vulnerable, Council for Medical Schemes, the Financial marginalised and indigent individuals and Services Board and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa. communities, both non-national and South African, who are victims of unlawful NISAA – Institute for Women ’s infringements of their constitutional rights. Development www.nisaa.org.za/ Legal Resources Centre NISAA is an organisation opposed to all forms www.lrc.org.za of oppression, exploitation and violence This public interest, human rights law clinic against women. NISAA focuses on the prevention of gender violence and the uses the law as an instrument of justice for the empowerment of women who have been vulnerable and marginalised, including poor, abused by their partners. homeless and landless people. People Against Suffering Oppression and Masimanyane Women’s Support Centre Poverty (PASSOP) www.masimanyane.org.za www.passop.co.za This NGO focuses on violence against women, PASSOP is a not-for-profit human rights sexual and reproductive health and rights and organisation devoted to fighting for the rights of the gendered nature of HIV and Aids. It aims to asylum-seekers, refugees and immigrants in build the capacity of women and human rights South Africa. advocates to claim and realise women's human rights.

19 Right2Know (R2K) Street Law www.r2k.org.za/ www.streetlaw.org.za While the Right2Know Campaign launched in Street Law South Africa is a non-profit August 2010 as a coalition of organisations company that specialises in presenting and people responding to the Protection of participatory legal, human rights and State Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill), the democracy education. It also provides campaign broadened its scope to tackle opportunities for training in democracy, related issues of secrecy in law and practice, participatory development and policy access to existing information that is critical to development. broader struggles for social justice, media freedom, and linking whistle-blowers to The Human Rights Media Centre appropriate partner organisations for legal www.hrmc.org.za/ support and advocacy. The Human Rights Media Centre advances an awareness and activism about human rights Section27 through the documentation and dissemination http://section27.org.za/ of oral histories through a variety of media SECTION27 is a public interest law centre that forms and social interventions. seeks to influence, develop and use the law to protect, promote and advance human rights. The South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South International Law (SAIFAC) Africa (SERI) www.uj.ac.za/EN/Faculties/law/research/SAIF www.seri-sa.org AC/Pages/default.aspx SERI is a section 21 non-profit organisation SAIFAC is part of the University of providing professional and dedicated socio- Johannesburg and is a leading research centre economic rights assistance to individuals, in South Africa producing advanced research communities and social movements. in its focus areas. SAIFAC’s vision is t o be an internationally recognised centre of research Sonke Gender Justice excellence in its key focus areas of www.genderjustice.org.za constitutional, human rights, public and Sonke Gender Justice works across Africa to international law. strengthen government, civil society and citizen capacity to promote gender equality, The South African Institute of Management prevent domestic and sexual violence, and http://saim.co.za/ reduce the spread and impact of HIV and The purpose of the SAIM is to develop AIDS. competent managers through self-discovery, self-management, accountability to others, South African Human Rights Commission respect for human rights, good corporate (SAHRC) governance and responsibility to those less www.sahrc.org.za/home/ fortunate. SAHRC promotes, protects and monitors human rights in South Africa. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) https://www.worldwildlife.org/ South African Prisoners' Organization for WWF's mission is to conserve nature and Human Rights (SAPOHR) reduce the most pressing threats to the www.sapohr.org.za/ diversity of life on Earth. The vision is to build a future in which people live in harmony with SAPOHR is a politically and religiously non- nature. aligned organisation concerned with the creation of a non-racial, non-sexist human rights culture in South Africa. Its area of work is reform of the apartheid criminal justice system.