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SADC: Adopt Gender and Development Protocol
Summit Leaders Should Act on Equality for Women Southern African leaders should adopt the proposed Gender and Development Protocol at their upcoming summit after amending it to include crucial provisions deleted in 2007, Human Rights Watch said today. One of the most important provisions that should be put back in to the protocol would commit states to criminalize marital rape.
Source : Human Rights Watch | 14-Aug-2008 07:00

South Africa: Protect Victims of Xenophobic Violence
Provide Basics of Food, Water, Shelter, and Safety to Displaced The South African government should ensure that ?temporary shelter sites? for homeless and traumatized victims of recent xenophobic violence comply with international standards, Human Rights Watch said today. The UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement require states to provide food, water, shelter, medical care and security to displaced persons.
Source : Human Rights Watch | 05-Jun-2008 07:00

South Africa: Migrants Abused by Officials and Farmers
South African officials involved in the arrest and deportation of undocumented migrant workers often assault and extort money from them, and commercial farmers employing them routinely violate their basic labor rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Source : Human Rights Watch | 27-Feb-2007 06:00