The National Action Plan (NAP) calls for all South Africans to commit to breaking free from our hurtful past and building a brighter future. By recognising
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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By Guanaco and subsequent SVG source https://commons.wikimedia.org Govt promises action to prevent hate crimes
July 25, 2021NEWS
Strategic discussions on ways to promote and protect the rights of LGBTQI+ people are among the actions the government plans to take in response to a spate of hate crimes. As at 29 June 2021, there were 42 pending cases of hate crimes against those communities: 30 murders and 12 rapes.
Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister, John Jeffery, says while Pride Month, celebrated annually in June, is marked in many parts of the world, South Africa was seeing a spate of attacks against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI+) persons.
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