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HUMAN, HSAge Description Showing 641 to 660 of 856 First Page•Previous Page 29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 Next Page•Last Page... mobilisation of a defensive community along ethnic lines. 34 Please note that in 63% of killing violations, no perpetrator is recorded. 35 The Human Face of Violence: Hostel Dwellers Speak, Lauren Segal, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Seminar Paper no 6, September 1991. ... If one accepts the PAC’s argument with regard to police officers, then neither the PAC nor ANC can be held responsible for the commission of gross human rights violations for these attacks. However, if one applies a strict interpretation of the Conventions, they would nevertheless be held ... ... on those perceived to have betrayed the nationalist ideal and on black persons insofar as race determined the notion of the ‘enemy’. Few human rights violations were committed by right-wing groups during the 1960s and 1970s. 51. The second category deals with applications for amnesty ... ... in conditions of hostility and ongoing threats of infiltration – nonetheless maintained records of its membership. It is clear from a number of human rights violations (HRV) statements that, during the years of conflict, the ANC informed many families of the deaths of loved ones in exile or ... ... but claimed that he had been released. Despite extensive investigations by, amongst others, the Independent Board of Inquiry and Lawyers for Human Rights, as well as an inquest hearing, the fate of ‘Boikie’ Thlapi remains unknown. None of the police officers involved in his arrest ... of APLA. Amnesty applications for violations committed in the earlier period were for offences that were not strictly defined as gross violations of human rights. These included activities such as furthering the aims and membership of a banned organisation, the possession of arms and ammunition ... as follows: The Declaration is headed towards a just peace in our land, a Declaration to end conscription. We live in an unjust society where basic human rights are denied to the majority of the people. We live in an unequal society where the land and wealth are owned by the minority. We live in ... name of a person who is alleged to have erected a decoy beacon on the side of the mountain at Mbuzini. The end of the lifespan of the Commission’s Human Rights Violations Committee at the end of August 1998 prevented the investigators from corroborating this information. 38 Investigations also ... ... range of strategic areas relating to the mandate of the Commission. These investigations focused on various themes, patterns and trends relating to human rights abuse that occurred during the mandate period. The results of these investigations were the subject of ongoing discussions and ... ... sources assisted in the identification of all individuals concerned and involved.15 Ms Madikizela-Mandela was subpoenaed to appear before the Human Rights Violations Committee in terms of section 29 of the Act. The hearing was to be held in camera but, following a request by ... ... material gathered by the investigators and the background research material provided by the researchers were presented on a regular basis to the Human Rights Violations Committee, which would then make ‘pre-findings’ at a regional level. 26 Making ‘pre-findings’ involved either ... Vlakplaas. Mr Brian Ngqulunga was a member of a team from Vlakplaas, led by Captain Dirk Coetzee, which murdered Griffiths Mxenge, prominent Durban human rights lawyer. Ngqulunga was later tortured and killed by his own handlers at Vlakplaas in 1990 under orders from Colonel Eugene de Kock, when ... ... during this period of negotiations that the PAC’s military wing APLA engaged in its most effective campaigns and was responsible for most of the human rights violations attributed to the organisation. 462 The targets of APLA attacks were twofold: Firstly, a series of attacks on white farmers ... ELEMENTS AND/OR SECTORS OF THE IFP, WERE INVOLVED IN ACTIONS THAT COULD BE CONSTRUED AS FOMENTING VIOLENCE AND WHICH RESULTED IN GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING RANDOM AND TARGETED KILLINGS. THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT, DURING THE 1980S, SUCH NETWORKS ESTABLISHED ‘PARTNERSHIPS’ WITH ... ... the Concerned South Africans Group (COSAG), a united black and white right-wing front formed in late 1992. Responsibility for gross violations of human rights 145 The table below shows the percentages of types of gross violations which were reported to the Commission for this period: ... ... THE COMMISSION MADE A COMPREHENSIVE FINDING IN RESPECT OF THE ESIKHAWINI HIT SQUAD IN THE FINDINGS CHAPTER. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS APPORTIONED TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE: PRINCE GIDEON ZULU, MR M R MZIMELA, MAJOR M L LANGENI, MR ROBERT MKHIZE, MS LINDIWE MBUYAZI, ... ... period, allegations of sinister forces continued in relation to ongoing violence in KwaZulu-Natal. 29 The commission of gross violations of human rights by state security forces, homeland structures, the right wing and liberation movements are dealt with below. ... ... ENTRAPMENT KILLINGS, KILLINGS AND ATTEMPTED KILLINGS BY WAY OF PARCEL BOMBS. THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT THESE ACTS CONSTITUTED GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR WHICH THE SAP ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 2 Seedat Fatima[KZN/NN/400/DN] made a statement to the Commission about the death of one of the ... ... would be expected from the population statistics. It was, indeed, overwhelmingly Africans who came to tell the Commission about gross violations of human rights. 15 The low number of white deponents is not wholly a consequence of hostility towards the Commission by large sections of the white ... ... could not have satisfied itself that there was no need for a hearing, since it did not enquire whether these offences involved gross violations of human rights as specified by the Act. 101 The court granted the application by the Commission and set aside the amnesties. The matter was referred ... |
