Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of South Africa

1. Despite making commitments to act on recommendations from its third UPR cycle, South Africa has not adopted significant measures to implement many of these recommendations. The government struggled to tackle xenophobia and the ongoing threat of violence against foreign nationals. Despite making commitments to act to prevent, investigate and prosecute cases of violence against persons based on sexual orientation and gender identity, violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) people persist. Violence against women, including rape and gender-based violence (GBV), remains very high. The government has also made scant progress in realizing the right to education for an estimated half-a-million children with disabilities and excluded most students with disabilities during Covid-19 related school closures.

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