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HUMAN, HSAge Description Showing 601 to 620 of 856 First Page•Previous Page 27 •28 •29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 Next Page•Last Page... Sowetan newspaper on 29 May 1998 responded as follows to Dorbyl’s initiative: The principle that only a complete and truthful disclosure of past human rights abuses can guarantee lasting reconciliation is now well established. So too is the belief that the obligation to come clean on the past ... COMMUNITIES WERE SUBJECTED TO FORCED REMOVAL FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, THE CONFLICTS WHICH AROSE CREATED CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS TOOK PLACE. THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT THE INJURIES AND KILLINGS WERE CAUSED IN THE FIRST INSTANCE BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY ... ... Programme which aims to redress past inequalities. And, it will also lead to recommendations for undergraduate teaching – to promote a human rights culture in health science graduates”. ... ... General Herman Stadler and other retired officers of the SAP, April 1996. 144 The last category covers cases that generally did not involve gross human rights violations, i n c l u ding , forex ample, refusal to serve in the SADF, spraypainting of political slogans, illegal gatherings and the ... ... acts is liable for them. 124. Using this principle, all former heads of the apartheid state could be held responsible for the commission of gross human rights violations committed by their agents. 125. The meaning of each of the elements of command responsibility require some discussion. 51 ... ... GROSS VIOLATIONS, THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 6 Information taken from United Nations Economic and Social Council, Commission on Human Rights, compiled by the Special Committee against Apartheid, February 1979. ... ... TO APARTHEID. THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION HAS SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF THIS WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION. NUMEROUS INVESTIGATIONS OF GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS WERE SEVERELY HAMPERED BY THE ABSENCE OF DOCUMENTATION. ULTIMATELY ALL SOUTH AFRICANS HAVE SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCES, IN THAT THE ... ... from participating in political and social activities. 11 Scott, D. (1997) Submission on Children and Youth. Original source: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, (1986) The War against Children: South Africa’s Youngest Victims, New York. 12 Coleman, M. (1997) Submission to special hearing on ... ... on the run because they feared for their lives and suffered grave disruptions to their education and development. 6 Submission by the South African Human Rights Commission, ‘Human Rights Violations by the Apartheid State against Children and Youth’, 12 June 1997. 7 A panga is large, ... ... HEARABLES 52. In line with the provisions of the Act, the Committee was obliged to deal with any application concerning a gross violation of human rights at a public hear i n g .34 This part of the Committee’s mandate encompassed its most visible activities and was its public face. ... ... of leading corporations, became willing collaborators in the creation of this war machine, which was responsible for many deaths and violations of human rights, both inside and outside the borders of our country. In addition, a variety of businesses collaborated with the state in the national ... ... than ‘Africans’. This meant that the distinction between civilian and non-civilian targets was not considered significant. 296. Most of the human rights violations attributed to APLA took place between 1990 and 1994 while negotiations and eventually the run up to elections were in ... ... David Philip, 1983). 40 See David J. Bosch, Adrio Konig and Willem Nicol, Eds. Perspektief Op die Ope Brief (Cape Town, Pretoria & Johannesburg: Human & Rousseau, 1982). 41 See ‘Die Koinonia Verklaring’, Pamphlet (Potchefstroom & Germiston, 1977). 42 According to the MJC ... ... the Commission, together with court evidence and secondary sources, gave numerous indications that health professionals were involved in committing human rights abuses and used their medical knowledge directly or indirectly to harm others. Some professionals were alleged to have participated in ... ... order which was issued. (Pretoria hearing, March 1998.) 112. L ottering ’s escape from legal custody did not involve any gross violation of human rights and the applicant continued to serve the Orde van die Dood in the period following his escape until his recapture. The Committee granted ... ... alleged perpetrators could be subpoenaed in order to ‘ establish the fate or whereabouts of victims’ and the identity of those responsible for human rights violations. 237 The initial cut-off date for amnesty applications was 14 December 1996. This was, however, extended to 10 May 1997. ... ... attacks or the families of deceased victims. CONCLUSION 311. The Commission gave due attention to the response of the PAC to the findings of the Human Rights Violations Committee. However, the Commission is of the view that the evidence that has emerged through the amnesty process has done ... ... than inciting the membership to kill whites and their informers in a m o re general way. Where the enemy was not clearly defined, gross abuses of human rights were inevitable. Some of the violations committed by PAC or Poqo members took place during this period. 212 See Chapter Two of this ... ... mistakes” in its support for separate development, its lack of moral and economic objections to apartheid, its insensitivity to issues involving human rights and its acceptance of the absence of a proper labour relations law. It accepted moral responsibility for this. It noted, however that: ... ... OTHERS. THE POLICE FAILED TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT THESE ATTACKS. THE COMMISSION FINDS THE IFP AND THE SAP RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMMISSION OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. ... |
