10 Apr 2012Idasa issues a statement raising concerns about the continued rebellion in the North of the country and declaring its optimism about the African led drive to re-install a civilian government ...

29 Aug 2011This report, by the Harare-based Research and Advocacy Unit, examines politically motivated violence against women in Zimbabwe between 2000 and 2010. Download the report below for more information.

19 Aug 2011Some say Africa has a long history of its own understanding of human rights and brings important nuances to the debate. They are up against an academic viewpoint that claims ...

15 Aug 2011For immediate releaseThe devastating drought in the Horn of Africa points to the impact of climate change on those most dependent on agricultural and natural resources. African democracy institute Idasa ...

17 May 2011Country Synopsis         Swaziland is the last remaining absolute monarchy in Africa. The 1973 King’s Proclamation suspended the constitution, assuming all executive powers previously granted to the ...

22 Mar 2011Find here all Zimbabwe's Legislation and Agreement information.

28 Feb 2011While police have been responsible for some of the most serious human rights and rule of law violations in Zimbabwe today, women in particular have encountered torture, assault, harassment, intimidation ...

07 Feb 2011SAMP’s latest policy paper examines the perceptions and attitudes of the rural partners of Mozambican and Swazi miners regarding HIV and, thereby, sheds light on the vulnerability profile of women ...

12 Jul 2010Idasa deplores the bombing of people gathered to watch the football world cup in Uganda and extends its condolences to the families of those who have died. At a time ...

08 Sep 2009The decision to shut off water and electricity to schools is a violation of human rights, of the right to education in particular.  Though the Tshwane Metro Council called it ...

08 Sep 2009Brandon Huntley, a white 31 year old South African applied to the Canadian Refugee Board for asylum on the basis that as a white male, he was at risk and ...

31 Jul 2009This report looks at how African countries have dealt with violations against women in post-conflict situations. Particular attention is paid to the processes in South Africa, Kenya and Sierra Leone ...

24 Nov 2008The final report of the National Poverty Hearings (held in different parts of the country in August and September), entitled "The People Have Spoken: Where Do We Go From Here?"  ...

12 Jun 2008This piece is a thoughtful analysis of what 1976 means to a young white South African, whose eyes were opened to a different way of living, because of the events ...

09 Apr 2008Ivor Jenkins, director at Idasa’s Kutlwanong Democracy Centre, will receive an honorary doctorate from North Park University in Chicago, in May 2008. He is being honoured for years of anti-apartheid ...

27 Apr 2007By Paul Graham (This article was first published on www.sangonet.org.za) Poor countries with high levels of income inequality, like babies in poor countries, have very high infant mortality risks. So ...

28 Mar 2007By: Urbanus M. Kioko & Thomas M. Maina Almost two decades after the first clinical evidence of HIV/AIDS was reported, it has become a devastating disease, causing increasing number of ...

06 Nov 2006Alongside the South African Human Rights Commission, IDASA recently co-hosted a seminar on Ethnicity and Human Rights.  Paul Graham, IDASA's Executive Director, spoke about the complexity of identity and labelling within the South ...

26 Jun 2006In light of the HIV and AIDS situation in the Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Africa in particular, there is an urgent need for governments to roll out the anti-retroviral (ARV) ...

30 Nov 2005Pre-planning stages In planning for an HIV/AIDS resource tracking activity in the country, the project Co-ordinator/ Facilitator should hold a number of individual meetings with key stakeholders, to ascertain if ...

18 Feb 2005Child Rights Advocacy Network The Southern Africa Child Rights Budget Advocacy Network, also known as Imali Ye Mwana, is a child rights budget advocacy network in the SADC region.  The ...

03 Sep 2004We have all heard about Outcomes Based Education, or OBE, but how many of us know exactly what it is, and how it differs from the previous education system? And ...

01 Sep 2004What it is like to be a child in South Africa? The South African constitution guarantees children unconditional rights to basic education, health, social services, basic nutrition and shelter. This ...

31 Mar 2001The information sheets contained in this popular version were extracted from Budgeting for child socio-economic rights: Government obligation and the child's right to social security and education, by Shaamela Cassiem ...