We shouldn’t take human rights for granted.
Human rights must still be genuinely realised
- Human Rights Day was on 21 March.
- Experts at SU wrote opinion pieces.
- Several challenges prevent human rights from being genuinely realised.
South Africans celebrated Human Rights Day on 21 March. In opinion pieces for the media experts at Stellenbosch University focused on some of the key challenges that must be addressed for human rights to be genuinely realised. Click on the links below to read the articles as published.
- Prof Chris Jones (Protection of human rights depends on responsible and well-functioning systems of governance – Mail & Guardian)
- Prof Faadiel Essop (Human rights in shadow of centuries of scientific racism – University World News)
The following opinion pieces, which were not facilitated by Corporate Communication and Marketing, also appeared in the media:
- Prof Armand Bam (Human Rights Day: Reflecting on the legacy of Sharpeville and the true essence of dignity – Independent on Saturday)
- Akhona Ngcobo (Understanding the dignity deficit in South Africa – Weekend Argus)
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