South Africa

• Amnesty International 25
• Asylum Access 1
• Child Soldiers International 3
• Committee to Protect Journalists 20
• Freedom House 43
• Human Rights Watch 27
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 6
• International Trade Union Confederation 8
• Minority Rights Group International 12
• Reporters Without Borders 4
• UN Development Programme (UNDP) 1
• UN General Assembly 1
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 4
• United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 13
• United States Department of Labor 15
• United States Department of State 79

• Abduction 1
• Access to procedures 2
• Albinism/Persons with Albinism 2
• Anglican 11
• Animist 7
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 26
• Armed forces / Military 2
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 2
• Assemblies of God 2
• Asylum policy 2
• Asylum-seekers 20
• Baha'i 2
• Baptist 10
• Berber 1
• Border controls 1
• Buddhist 8
• Catholic 11
• Child labour 31
• Child prostitution 23
• Child soldiers 3
• Children's rights 39
• Children-at-risk 17
• Christian 11
• Civil and political rights 3
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 5
• Conflict situation 1
• Congregationalist 9
• Corruption 14
• Criminal justice 5
• Death in custody 5
• Death penalty 3
• Democracy 3
• Deportation / Forcible return 6
• Disappeared persons 15
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 22
• Domestic violence 5
• Drug trafficking 2
• Economic, social and cultural rights 16
• Effective protection 2
• Effective remedy 1
• Elections 13
• Equality before the law 2
• Extrajudicial executions 21
• Extreme poverty 1
• False documents 1
• Family reunification 1
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) 2
• Forced labour 38
• Forced marriage 9
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 27
• Freedom of assembly and association 38
• Freedom of conscience 2
• Freedom of expression 78
• Freedom of information 38
• Freedom of movement 19
• Freedom of religion 42
• Freedom of speech 18
• Gang related violence 1
• Gender discrimination 24
• Gender-based persecution 2
• Generalized violence 3
• Good governance 5
• HIV and AIDS 19
• Hindu 11
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 10
• Human rights activists 6
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 36
• Human rights monitors 4
• Humanitarian assistance 2
• Illegal entry 1
• Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 4
• Immigration Detention 4
• Impunity 12
• Independence of judiciary 6
• Indigenous persons 10
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 9
• International courts and tribunals 6
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
• International protection 3
• Jew 11
• Legal representation / Legal aid 2
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 26
• Lutheran 11
• Maternal and child health care 2
• Mental health 1
• Methodist 11
• Migrant rights 3
• Migrants 18
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 4
• Minorities 20
• Minority rights 8
• Multiple nationality 1
• Muslim 13
• Ndebele 1
• Opposition 3
• Oromo 1
• Orthodox Christian 10
• Peacekeeping 1
• Pentecostal 9
• Persecution based on nationality 9
• Persecution based on political opinion 7
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 12
• Persons of concern to UNHCR 2
• Persons with disabilities 18
• Police 36
• Political parties 6
• Political situation 4
• Pre-trial detention 8
• Presbyterian 11
• Prison or detention conditions 20
• Prisoners of war 1
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
• Protestant 7
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 9
• Public health 5
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 2
• Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 5
• Refoulement 3
• Refugee / Asylum law 1
• Refugee camps 2
• Refugee identity documents 1
• Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 2
• Refugee travel documents / CTDs 1
• Refugees 37
• Registration 1
• Rejected asylum-seekers 2
• Religious discrimination 21
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
• Residence permits / Residency 2
• Returnees 2
• Right to development 1
• Right to education 11
• Right to employment 13
• Right to food 1
• Right to health 4
• Right to registration at birth 2
• Right to self-determination 2
• Rights of non-citizens 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 10
• SGBV 36
• San Bushmen 3
• Scientologist 8
• Security forces 11
• Security situation 1
• Seventh Day Adventist 10
• Sexual and reproductive rights 3
• Smuggling of persons 1
• Social group discrimination 14
• Statelessness 2
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
• Temporary protection 2
• Terrorism 20
• Threats / Intimidation 5
• Torture 17
• Trafficking in persons 50
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 2
• Travel documents 1
• Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
• Urban refugees 1
• Witchcraft 1
• Witnesses 2
• Women's rights 34
• Women-at-risk 13
• Work permits 1
• Xhosa 1
• Zulus 5

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• Amnesty International - South Africa
• Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA)
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - South Africa
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - South Africa
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - South Africa
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Pretoria
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - South Africa
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - South Africa
• ReliefWeb - South Africa
• UNHCR - South Africa
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - South Africa
• United States Department of State - South Africa
• World Health Organization (WHO) - South Africa