Listen: How homonyms can trigger horrific memories
The following advert uses humour to highlight how homonyms can trigger horrific memories especially in a South African context.
Invitation to a PRESS CONFERENCE, From State Capture to a Police State: The Application of Human Rights Precepts to the Emergence of a Return to a Police State in South Africa
Invitation to a PRESS CONFERENCE, From State Capture to a Police State: The Application of Human Rights Precepts to the Emergence of a Return to a Police State in South Africa
INOVAS joins victims and survivors in marking UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June
INOVAS, within the framework of UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, condemns torture as a degrading act, currently practiced by states and governments across the world. INOVAS considers torture an abhorrent crime that is an affront to human dignity, that should be criminalised so that its prepetrators are prosecuted. It is a … Read more
INOVAS calls for UN to Act to Stop the Sheikh Jarrah Evictions in East Jerusalem and to the Grassroots Resistance in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
We, the undersigned human rights defenders, civil society organisations and victims’ associations comprising the International Network of Victims and Survivors of Serious Human Rights Abuses (INOVAS) strongly condemn the Israeli government’s ongoing aggression towards Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah district. We stand in solidarity with the decades-long Palestinian struggle against the Israeli occupation … Read more