CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
PODCASTS
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SPEECHES
EVENTS
STATEMENT BY THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION ON THE PLIGHT OF THE ROHINGYA IN MYANMAR
The FW de Klerk Foundation, with the full support of its founder, Nobel Peace Laureate and former South African President, FW de Klerk, calls on all parties in the Myanmar conflict to show restraint and wisdom in managing and trying to resolve what is fast become a globally recognised humanitarian crisis. When tens of thousands of people (some say hundreds of thousands) flee a country, whether it is to get away from “the violence” or from “the army”, it is reason for a government to pause and ask what should be done urgently. What we and the rest of the international community see is that ordinary people are hurt the most.
ARTICLE: THE CYBERCRIMES AND CYBERSECURITY BILL
Part 2 – Failing to address legislative shortcomings on the State’s surveillance powers
The words “surveillance of communication”, “interception orders” and “national security” in the age of modern technology cause a sense of distrust, especially in a volatile democracy such as South Africa with its apartheid history of secrecy.
Most South Africans are aware that they are required to register their SIM card in terms of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act of 2002 (RICA). However, one wonders how many are aware of the RICA procedure, which allows the State to intercept an individual’s communications. It would be naïve to believe surveillance laws do not impact on ordinary law-abiding citizens and only concern the fighting of “terrorists” who pose a “national threat”. A case in point is the recent conviction of a Crime Intelligence Official who was found guilty of spying on two Sunday Times journalists in 2010 by supplying false names in the interception application.
ROUNDTABLE 3: “BALANCING RELIGION, CUSTOM AND CONSTITUTIONALISM”
On 14 September 2017, the Centre for Unity in Diversity (CUD) in cooperation with the CRL Rights Commission and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) hosted a roundtable discussion on Balancing Religion, Custom and Constitutionalism.
CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
- Equality
- Non-racialism
- Gender Rights
- The Constitution
- The Rule of Law
- Multiparty Democracy
- Personal Rights
- Cultural, Religious and Language Rights
- Freedom of Expression and Political Rights
- Social and Economic Rights
- Property Rights
- Education
- Access To The Courts, Information And Fair Adminstration