The Northern Cape Provincial Office continuously receive complaints against the South African Police Services and the Department of Correctional Services of human rights violations ranging from unfair discrimination, ill-treatment, usage of unnecessary force and torture, being confined to solitary confinement against those who are arrested, detained and/or incarcerated.

To this date, the Northern Cape Provincial Office has conducted monitoring in the correctional facilities and police holding cells across the provinces to ascertain the existence and extend of these complaints. The observations made during the monitoring of these facilities has necessitated that the Northern Cape Provincial Office to convene a Stakeholder Engagement Session with various law enforcement agencies, interested and affected stakeholders to engage and deliberate on the plight of people who are arrested, detained and in custody.

The purpose of the engagement is to identify persisting root cause of the problems, to inculcate the culture of human rights among the law enforcement agencies and officials and come up with sustainable solutions towards protecting the rights of those who are vulnerable.

The Stakeholder Engagement will take place as follows:

Date: Tuesday, 01 March 2022
Time: 09h00 AM to 13h00 PM
Venue: Protea Hotel, Upington


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Prepared by the Northern Cape Provincial Office of the South African Human Rights Commission.

For further information contact the Northern Cape Provincial Office of the South African Human Rights Commission: Advocate Chantelle Williams, Provincial Manager, at T: 054 332 3993 / C: 079 439 5557; Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or Buyisile July, Advocacy and Research Consultant at T: 054 332 3993 / C: 072 949 7578 ; Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.