One of the features of the attack on human rights in South African society is the pervasiveness of violence. In contemporary South African society, violence persists at the hands of state agents at every level, there is violence at the hands of members and activists of various political organisations, violence at the hands of political and other vigilantes in the name of law and order or of cleansing South Africa, of people who “do not belong here” or people who are classified as homeless as if being without a home is a crime as opposed to their denial of a home, being contrary to the human rights spirit of the Constitution.

Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks Part Two of his column 'Respecting and advancing human rights: Barriers obstructing realisation of human rights'

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