
South Africa
Regional group:African Group (AG)
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The need for an integrated approach to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for the full realisation of human rights, focusing holistically on the means of implementation; Strengthening of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Rectification of the legal status of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights; Nelson Mandela International Day; Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity; Elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights; Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas; United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas; The role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights; The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights; Elimination of discrimination against women and girls in sport; Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Sudan; Technical assistance and capacity building in the field of human rights in the Central African Republic; Technical assistance and capacity-building for human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Elimination of female genital mutilation; Capacity-building and technical cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire in the field of human rights; The negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to the countries of origin on the enjoyment of human rights, and the importance of improving international cooperation; Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya; Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights; Strengthening technical cooperation and advisory services for Guinea; Open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies; Elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; Mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Elimination of discrimination against women and girls in sport; Equal pay; The right to social security.
During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:
Regional
group statements
Subregional
group statements
Political group
statements
Cross-regional
group statements
Other joint
statements
Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.
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SR on extreme poverty, 2008
CAT
ICCPR
CED
CEDAW
CERD
ICESCR
CRC
CRPD
Ratified
NPM established
South Africa tabled voluntary pledges and commitments in support for its candidacy for membership for the period 2017-2019 on 25 October 2016.
In the document, South Africa does not make concrete pledges and commitments, but it affirms that it is the process of: acceding the OP-CAT, the ICESR-OP, the CED, the convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons; the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness; and the CMW; as well we to report to the treaty bodies. It also affirms remains resolute in its commitment to ensuring that the United Nations human rights system adopts the four requisite additional protocols to the CERD; and to contribute financial to the OHCHR.
An analysis of steps taken by South Africa in fulfilment of its international level pledges shows that South Africa has submitted its periodic reports under 6 of the 7 ratified core conventions (the CEDAW report is overdue by four years). It did ratify the OP-CAT, but it is yet to ratifiec the ICESR-OP and the CED.
South Africa did not make a voluntary contribution to OHCHR in 2018.