presentation to the justice portfolio committee cape town 8 june 2001

Presentation to thePresentation to theJustice Portfolio Justice Portfolio CommitteeCommittee

Cape Town

8 June 2001

1. Constitutional Mandate

2. Mission Statement

3. SAHRC Commissioners and Secretariat- Commissioners Portfolios

- Departmental Line Function

4. Core Business

5. Projects 2001-2002

6. Financial and Human Resources

Broad Overview

BROAD OVERVIEW OF BROAD OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATIONPRESENTATION

“The Human Rights Commission must –

… promote respect for human rights and a culture of human rights;

… promote the protection, development and attainment of human rights;

… monitor and assess the observance of human rights in the Republic.”

Constitution of South Africa, Section 184 (1) (a) (b) (c)

Constitutional Mandate

Constitutional MandateConstitutional Mandate

Mission Statement

The South African Human Rights Commission is the national institution established to entrench constitutional democracy. It is committed to promote respect for, observance of and the protection of human rights for everyone without fear or favour.

Mission StatementMission Statement

Commission Structure

Commission StructureCommission Structure

Commissioners

CommissionersCommissioners

Dr N Barney Pityana - Chairperson

National and International Liaison

International Coordinating Committee on National Institutions

Ms Shirley Mabusela - Deputy Chairperson

Commissioner: Child Rights

Provincial Responsibility: Gauteng Province

Professor Charles Dlamini

Part-time Commissioner

Provincial Responsibility: KwaZulu Natal

Commissioners Portfolios

Commissioners PortfoliosCommissioners Portfolios

Professor Karthy Govender


Provincial Responsibility: KwaZulu Natal

Dr Zonke Majodina


Commissioner: Migrants and Refugees

Provincial Responsibility: Western Cape & Northern Cape

Ms Charlotte McClain

Commissioner: Socio-Economic Rights

Provincial Responsibility: Mpumalanga



Mr Jerry Nkeli

Commissioner: Disability

Provincial Responsibility: Free State Province

Mr Tom Manthata

Commissioner: Rights of the Aged

Provincial Responsibility: Eastern Cape Province

Adv Pansy Tlakula

Commissioner: Equal Opportunities

Provincial Responsibility: North-West Province



Mr Jody Kollapen

Commissioner: Civil and Political Rights

Provincial Responsibility: Northern Province

Adv Leon Wessels

Commissioner: Access to Information

Provincial Responsibility: Western and Northern Cape Provinces



Government and Parliamentary Liaison – Dr Pityana

Child Rights – Ms Mabusela

International Standards – Adv Leon Wessels

Disability – Mr Nkeli

Older Persons – Mr Manthata

NGOs and CBOs – Mr Manthata

Section 5 Committees

Section 5 CommitteesSection 5 Committees

Secretariat

SecretariatSecretariat

Corporate Services

Legal Services

Research and Documentation

Advocacy and Public Awareness Campaigns

Education and Training

Core Business

Core BusinessCore Business

Human Resource Management

Financial Management

Provisioning and Support Services

Information Technology

Internal Audit

Core Business

Corporate Support ServicesCorporate Support Services

Implementation Plan

PFMA Workshop

Internal Audit Unit

Audit Committee

Risk Assessment Workshop

Fraud Prevention Plan

Core Business

Steps taken to comply with PFMASteps taken to comply with PFMA

Inquiry into Racism in the Media

Racism in the Justice System

Child Sexual Offences

Socio-Economic Rights Hearings

Core Business

National Inquiries into Human National Inquiries into Human Rights ViolationsRights Violations

Typical Complaints

Equality

(racism, gender, religion, disability)

Socio-economic rights

(education, health, housing, environmental rights)

Freedom of association

Xenophobia

Farming communities

Prisoners’ rights

Core Business

Complaints HandlingComplaints Handling

Core Business

Equality32%

Refugees7%

Health care9%

Administration Action

8%

Labour10%

Freedom & security of the

person12%

Education12%

Access to courts10%

National - Total Number of Complaints Received = 4715


Core Business

Breakdown percentages per province

Gauteng43%

NC3%

FS2%

NP6%

KZN13%

Mpumalanga2%

EC14%

WC17%

(including NW)


Province

Gauteng

WC

NC

EC

KZN

NP

MP

Free State

TOTAL

Total Number

2080

814

135

648

597

281

74

86

4715

Core Business

Equality38%

Refugees8%

Health care7%


9%

Labour12%


person3%

Education11%

Access to courts12%

Gauteng - Total Number of Complaints Received = 2080


Core Business

Equality45%

Refugees2%

Health care13%

Administration Action18%

Labour4%


person7%

Education7%

Access to courts4%

Western Cape - Total Number of Complaints Received = 814


Core Business

Equality13%

Refugees2%

Health care41%


9%

Labour9%


person9%

Education6%

Access to courts11%

Eastern Cape - Total Number of Complaints Received = 648


Equality19%Refugees

4%

Health care22%


Labour11%


person8%

Education14%

Access to courts4%

KwaZulu Natal - Total Number of Complaints Received = 597

Core Business


Equality17%

Refugees3%

Health care16%


3%

Labour39%


person10%

Education6%

Access to courts6%

Northern Province - Total Number of Complaints Received = 281

Core Business


Mpumalanga - Total Number of Complaints Received = 74

Core Business

Equality12%

Refugees3%

Health care19%


3%

Labour26%


person7%

Education11%

Access to courts19%


Equality22%

Refugees2%

Health care5%


Labour28%


person10%

Education13%

Access to courts9%

Free State - Total Number of Complaints Received = 76

Core Business


Preparation of 3rd Socio-Economic Rights Report

Development of 4th Socio-Economic Rights Protocols

Workshops on Socio-Economic Rights

Core Business

Socio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights

“Roll Back Xenophobia” Campaign

- production of radio series

- production of literature and materials

- seminars and workshops

Annual School Poster Competition

Celebrations of National, Regional and International Human Rights Days:

- Human Rights Week

- World AIDS Day seminar

- National Day of Reconciliation Core Business

Public AwarenessPublic Awareness

National Conference on Racism 2000

Farming communities consultative workshop

Grootboom seminar

Socio Economic Rights seminars

Launch of State of Worlds Refugees Report

SAHRC 5th Anniversary

Launch of UNDP Human Development Report 2000

Launch of NACHRET

Core Business

Public Awareness (cont)Public Awareness (cont)

Core Business

Training and education on human rights

Develop training materials, programmes and curricula

Ensure institutionalisation of human rights education

Convene Human Rights Education Forums

Strategic Policy Interventions in Education and Training System

Education and TrainingEducation and Training

Theme/Topic Workshops Totalpersons

Target Groups

Alternatives to Corporal Punishment/Child Rights

21 644 Educators, Learners, Child Care Workers, Secure Care Workers

Refugees and Non-Nationals

7

181 Police, Health Care Workers, Educators

Anti-Discrimination

21

762 Educators, Police, NGOs; Churches

Train-the-Trainer

9

284 NGOs; Community Workers

Education and Training ProgrammeEducation and Training Programme

Theme/ Topic Workshop Total Persons

Target Group

Constitution/ Bill of Rights/ Role of SAHRC

41 1 294 Community Workers; NGOs; Government Traditional Leaders, Organised Labour,

H R Education/ Education Sector

19 530 Educators; learners; curriculum developers

H R and Social Work

3 82 Social Workers

Human Rights and Paralegals

3

53 Paralegals


Theme/ Topic Workshops Number of Persons

Target Group

Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Gender Equality

5

243 Women, NGO‘,Trainers; Educators

Youth and Juvenile Justice

1

30 Department of Justice

Violence and Abuse against Women

3

136 Social Workers, Police

Rights of Disabled Persons

2

83 Secure Care Workers/ Disability Sector


Theme/ Topic No. of Workshops

No. of Persons Target Group

Human Rights and Farming Communities

2

60 Farmworkers; NGOs;

Human Rights (International)

3 103 NGOs

Health Rights 5 236 Health Care Workers

Elder Abuse/ The Rights of the Elderly

3 165 Health, Welfare Workers, Elderly, Dept of Justice


148 workshops and training programmes were conducted reaching 4886 people

64 seminars and presentations were conducted reaching 13 493 people

Core Business

Summary of Completed Training Summary of Completed Training and Seminarsand Seminars

Curriculum Development for schools Teacher Training and Development

- Workshops for Teachers- Project with Gauteng Insitute for Curriculum Development- Project with SADTU

N Q F and SAQA Representation of SAHRC on the following NSB’s

- Agriculture and Nature Conservation, Culture and Arts, Business, Commerce and Management

Studies, Communication Studies and Language, Education, Human and Social Studies, Health Science, Social Services, Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Science.

- SGB Representation- Human Rights, Democracy and Peace Education Core Business

Institutionalisation of Human Rights in the Institutionalisation of Human Rights in the Formal Education and Training SectorFormal Education and Training Sector

Core Business

National Conference on Racism

Towards A Focal Point For Children

Racism in the Media

2nd Socio-Economic Rights Report

Africa Human Rights Day

Resource Manual on Human Rights and Farmworkers

The Development of a Monitoring System for NAP

Constitutional Law Case Summaries 1999

2nd Lindela Report

Promotion of Access to Information Act: Training Manual

Main Reports and PublicationsMain Reports and Publications

National Action Plan and Strategy to Combat Racism (Convenors: Dr Pityana & Adv Tlakula)

Constitutional Legislation (Convenors: Adv Wessels & Adv Tlakula)

Equality Legislation

Child Sexual Offences (Convenor: Ms Mabusela)

Inquiry - Human Rights in Farming Communities (Convenor: Ms McClain)

Racism in the Justice System (Convenor: Mr Kollapen)

Projects 2001 - 2002

Projects 2001 - 2002Projects 2001 - 2002

Initiation Practices in Educational Institutions (Convenor: Adv Wessels)

The plight of SA prisoners on death row (Convenor: Adv Wessels & Mr Kollapen)

3rd UN World Conference Against Racism (Convenors: Dr Pityana & Adv Tlakula)

Evaluation of the SAHRC’s First Term (Convenor: Dr Pityana & CEO)

Human Rights and Corporate Citizenship (Convenors: Dr Pityana & CEO)

Education and Training (Convenor:Ms Mabusela)

Projects 2001 – 2002 (cont)Projects 2001 – 2002 (cont)

Provincial Consultative Workshops

Finalisation of NAPSCR

Handing over of NAPSCR to Government on 16 December 2001


National Action Plan and Strategy National Action Plan and Strategy to Combat Racismto Combat Racism

PAIA

Training Manual

Limited education, training and promotion

Complaints handling


Constitutional LegislationConstitutional Legislation

PEPUDA

Training on limited scale

Public education and awareness on a limited scale

Complaints handling

Participation in ELIT processes


Constitutional LegislationConstitutional Legislation

Research to be conducted in the following areas on behalf of Department of Justice:

Inclusion of the additional grounds

Criminalisation of acts

Draft Regulations for Equality


Equality Legislation ProjectEquality Legislation Project

To investigate Systemic issues relating to Child sexual offences by:

Holding Hearings

Hearings involving the judiciary and the prosecution

Public awareness campaigns


Child Sexual OffencesChild Sexual Offences

To investigate incidences of human rights violations

Focus of the inquiry:

Land Rights and Tenancy

Safety and Security

Economic and Social Rights


Inquiry – Human Rights in Farming Inquiry – Human Rights in Farming CommunitiesCommunities

To Investigate allegations of racism within the Justice System


Racism in the Justice SystemRacism in the Justice System

Coordinating a National Institutions Conference

Two National Conferences on SA Position Paper on WCAR

Recruitment and co-facilitate the programme for Victims of Racism

Set up of exhibitions

Participation in NGO and Youth Forum


33rdrd World Conference Against Racism, Racial World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related

IntoleranceIntolerance

To evaluate the first term of SAHRC’s work


Evaluation of First Term of SAHRCEvaluation of First Term of SAHRC

To engage with the business community on its role in the promotion and protection of human

rights


Corporate CitizenshipCorporate Citizenship

Regional and SADC Training

Forum on Racism and Education

Celebrating Difference Campaign

Education for Democracy Project

Police Training


Education and TrainingEducation and Training

Sources of Income 2000/01

Donor funded projects: 2000/01

Expenditure per standard item: 2000/01

Expenditure per main programme: 2000/01

Expenditure per standard item: 2001/02

Expenditure per main programme: 2001/02

Resources

ResourcesResources

Total Income - R23,960m

Interest1,8%

Govt allocation

(NCR)16,7%

Donor funds7,3%

Sundry income0,1%

Govt allocation (baseline)

74,1%

Resources

Sources of Income: 2000/01Sources of Income: 2000/01

Source Project Amount(Rands)

Mott Foundation Racism in Education 556,565

New Zealand High Commission

Anti-racism training: SAPS Vryburg

84,200

Norwegian Institute for Human Rights

Socio-economic Rights 800 000,

U N H C R Roll Back Xenophobia 405,250

Radda Barnen Child Rights 120,000

Total 1,966,015

Donor Funded Projects: 2000/01Donor Funded Projects: 2000/01

Total Expenditure - R24,130m

Personnel48%

Administrative17%

Projects21%

Rent11%

Equipment3%

Resources

Expenditure per standard item: Expenditure per standard item: 2000/012000/01

Resources


Commissioners29%

Advocacy7%

Legal7%

Research8%

Training4%

Provinces14%

Corporate Services

31%

Expenditure per main programme: Expenditure per main programme: 2000/012000/01


Administrative11%

Personnel60%

Equipment1%

Rent12%

Projects16%

Resources

Expenditure per standard item: Expenditure per standard item: 2001/022001/02

Resources


Corporate Services

26%

Legal9%

Advocacy10%

Research8%

Training6%

Commissioners25%

Provinces16%

Expenditure per main programme: Expenditure per main programme: 2001/022001/02

Resources

Establishing additional provincial offices

Implementation of personnel blueprint

Adequately resourced SER Unit

Additional statutory obligations

Resource Needs – 3 year projectionResource Needs – 3 year projection

2002/03 2003/04 2004/05

Funding requirements (MTEF) Baseline

32,123m(22,853m)

33,408m(24,708m)

35,415m(26,190m)

Shortfall 9,270

8,700 9,222

Budgetary RequirementsBudgetary Requirements2002/03 – 2004/052002/03 – 2004/05

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