Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence.  

Nobody can be deprived of their citizenship.

Citizens have the right to form political parties; the participation in elections is guaranteed and every adult citizen has the right to vote.

As South Africans we are free to associate with whomever we please and choose.  

Everyone has the right to peacefully gather, picket and petition without being armed.  

This right gives everyone, including the press and media, the freedom of expression and allows for society to freely receive and impart information and ideas, as well as artistic creativity. Section 16 also provides for academic freedom and freedom of scientific...

Everyone has the right to freedom of conscience, religion, thought, belief and opinion.  

The right to privacy includes the right not to be searched, to have possessions seized and/or the privacy of communication infringed.      

Slavery, servitude and/or forced labour do not fit in with the notion of respect for human rights and therefore society is protected from ever having to engage in such activities.  

Everyone has the right to freedom and security of the person, which includes the right – (a) not to be deprived of freedom arbitrarily or without just cause; (b) not to be detained without trial; (c) to be freed from all forms of violence from both public and private...

The right to life, and with it, the abolition of the death penalty is a controversial right. While many people in South Africa may have preferred to see the practice of hanging serious offenders continued, the Constitutional Court ruled that this is a cruel and...

“Everyone has inherent human dignity and the right to have their dignity respected and protected”. In essence, human dignity relates to the right that every human should be treated with respect, regardless of race, gender, class etc., as per the various grounds noted...

Equality before the law and the right to the equal protection and benefit of the law is the first right set out in the Bill of Rights. This right sets the tone for all the other rights in this section of the Constitution. When the Bill was written it was taken into...

The Bill of Rights is the most important part of our Constitution as ordinary people are concerned and is stated under section 7 (1) of the Constitution to be 'a conerstone of democracy in South Africa'. Accountability Now is commemorating Human Rights Day with 27...

Human Rights Day gives us pause to reflect that our hard-fought rights are many and precious. In these times of extraordinary, even unthinkable revelations, our rights seem more important than ever, and now is the time to understand them, appreciate them and protect...