South Africa: Human rights protection agencies
There are two agencies tasked by the Constitution with protecting human rights in South Africa:
Research report
MUSUVA, C 2009 Promoting the Effectiveness of Democracy Protection Institutions in Southern Africa: South Africa’s Public Protector and Human Rights Commission [PDF document], EISA Research report No 41.
Official web sites
Office of the Public Protector: http://www.publicprotector.org/ [opens new window] (accessed 8 Mar 2010).
South African Human Rights Commission: http://www.sahrc.org.za/ [opens new window] (accessed 8 Mar 2010).
