English  |  Français  |  Español
 
OMCT LogoOMCT logo
Make a donationRSSOMCT on FacebookOMCT on TwitterOMCT BlogHomeAbout OMCTActivitiesCATOMCT NetworkOMCT EuropeContactsMake a donation
  • Urgent campaigns
  • Assistance to victims
  • Human rights defenders
  • ESCR
  • Rights of the child
  • Violence against women
  • Monitoring protection mechanisms
 Save as PDF Print version
ESCR / Reports and Publications / 2006 / January

South Africa: An alternative Report to the CAT on the ESCR root causes of violence

Download full article
27 pages / 788 KB

This report seeks to assist the Committee Against Torture in reviewing the report of South Africa by providing information on some of the elements affecting the relationship between failures to enjoy economic, social and cultural rights and violence in South Africa over the past ten years. Action against torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment can best be undertaken in light of the root causes affecting the whole spectrum of violence, from domestic and community violence to the extremes of torture and other forms of ill-treatment that are directly within the Committee’s mandate.

It also seeks to respond to the call by the High Commissioner for Human Rights “…for further efforts to promote integrated strategies for the promotion and protection of human rights, moving away from a rigid categorization of rights to a comprehensive understanding that can better achieve improvements in the enjoyment of all human rights by all."[1]

 



[1] Ms. Louise Arbour, Preface Attacking the Root Causes of Torture: Poverty, Inequality and Violence, An Interdisciplinary Study OMCT Geneva 2006 

Properties

Date: January 1, 2006
Activity: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Type: Reports and Publications
Subjects: Development projects, Economic policies, Inequality, Justice system, Land and Housing, Police, Military and Paramilitary, Right to adequate standard of living, Rights of the child, Torture and violence, Women’s rights

Share this

Tweet

Languages

This page is available in:

English


You can also translate it on the fly:

Recently Viewed Articles

OMCT International Secretariat
PO Box 21, 8, rue du Vieux-Billard, CH-1211 Geneva 8, Switzerland
Tel: + 41 22 809 4939
Fax: + 41 22 809 4929
E-mail:
OMCT Europe
Rue Franklin 111
1000 Brussels
Tel. / Fax: +32 2 218 37 19
E-mail:
OMCT TUNIS
3, Rue Hassen Ibn Nooman
Cité Jardins | Tunis 1002
Tel: +216 71 791 114
Fax: +216 71 791 115
E-mail:
  • Blog
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Rss
  • Privacy Policy