SECTION27 is a non-profit organisation that uses public interest law and advocacy to protect, promote and advance human rights and social justice. If you are passionate about human rights, self-motivated and would like to be part of a dynamic team working to challenge inequality and positively influence society, joining SECTION27 Continue Reading
SECTION27 welcomes the decision by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to re-employ a recruit who was denied employment solely on the basis of her HIV status. In 2021, SECTION27 was approached by a client seeking assistance after she was denied employment by the SANDF because of her HIV Continue Reading
SECTION27 and the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) today launch a conference report titled, Democracy & Constitutionalism: Civic Education Conference Report & Keywords. The conference took place at the historic Women’s Jail at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg in February 2022. This report brings into focus Continue Reading
Spotlight is a South African public health publication that aims to produce compelling, in-depth, public interest health journalism (see online at www.SpotlightNSP.co.za). Spotlight is published by SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign, but is editorially independent and a member of the South African Press Council. Spotlight’s staff are employees of Continue Reading
This is a joint submission by SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign in accordance with the Select Committee on Health and Social Services’ call for written submissions on the National Health Insurance B11B-2019 (“the Current Bill”). This submission is endorsed by the Cancer Alliance, the South African Depression and Anxiety Continue Reading
12 September 2023 – SECTION27 and Blind SA will make oral submissions before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“the Committee”) during its 18th Pre-Sessional Working Group on 12 September 2023. The oral submissions are based on SECTION27 and Blind SA’s joint, written submissionsdelivered to Continue Reading
12 September 2023 – SECTION27 and Blind SA will make oral submissions before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“the Committee”) during its 18th Pre-Sessional Working Group on 12 September 2023. The oral submissions are based on SECTION27 and Blind SA’s joint, written submissionsdelivered to Continue Reading
SECTION27 is a non-profit organisation that uses public interest law and advocacy to protect, promote and advance human rights and social justice. If you are passionate about human rights, self-motivated and would like to be part of a dynamic team working to challenge inequality and positively influence society, joining SECTION27 Continue Reading
SECTION27 is a well-established and widely respected public interest law centre that seeks to achieve substantive equality and social justice in South Africa. If you are passionate about human rights, self-motivated and would like to be part of a dynamic team working to challenge inequality and positively influence society, joining Continue Reading
21 July 2023, Johannesburg – SECTION27 is delighted to announce the appointment of Ms Sasha Stevenson as the next Executive Director. Sasha joined the organisation in 2012 as an attorney and was later promoted to Head of the Health Rights Programme, a position she held since 2018. Sasha assumed the Continue Reading
SECTION27 is a well-established and widely respected public interest law centre that seeks to achieve substantive equality and social justice in South Africa. If you are passionate about human rights, self-motivated and would like to be part of a dynamic team working to challenge inequality and positively influence society, joining Continue Reading
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change
