Monday 12 May
SECTION27 uses the law through litigation, advocacy, legal literacy, research and community mobilisation to advance socio-economic rights, in particular the right to access health care services and the right to basic education.
Focus Areas

Press Room

  • PRESS STATEMENT | Constitutional Court paves the way for greater access to reading materials for persons with disabilities in landmark Copyright ruling

    8 May 2025, Johannesburg – SECTION27 welcomes the Constitutional Court’s unanimous order handed down yesterday in Blind SA v President…

  • PRESS STATEMENT | Gauteng Department of Health to appeal court order mandating them to provide cancer treatment for patients

    The Cancer Alliance represented by SECTION27 returned to court today in the matter of Cancer Alliance v the MEC for…

  • PRESS STATEMENT | No More False Choices – A Budget That Works for All Is Within Reach

    The Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) welcomes the withdrawal of the proposed increase in VAT to 15.5, while raising concerns about…

Publications

2024 Year in Review
Effective Remedies Litigation
Effective Remedies in Socio-Economic Rights Litigation
Stop Stockouts
Contraceptive Supply Chain: Stockouts and their Causes
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Climate Change As a Human Rights Risk
Section27 2023 year in review
2023 Year in Review
The state of abortion services in the Eastern Cape

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