The South African Human Rights Commission is scheduled to launch four major reports today at the Commission’s head office in Parktown, Johannesburg. The reports are set to provide a wide-ranging picture of rights protections in the country.

The State of Human Rights Report offers an annual overview of conditions on the ground, drawing on monitoring and complaints data to identify where rights are being upheld or undermined.

Alongside this, what the Commission calls the Section 184(3) Report examines submissions from organs of state, assessing what steps government bodies have taken to realise constitutional rights and how credible their information is.

The Recommendations Monitoring Report measures progress on the Commission’s own directives, with particular emphasis this year on the 2024 National Elections, the adequacy of school infrastructure, and the state of public health services.

Complementing these, the International and Regional Human Rights Report tracks global and regional developments, providing guidance on how international standards can be applied domestically.