Chapter 1
Introducing National Human
Rights Institutions

Chapter 2
Models of NHRIs

Chapter 3
Roles and Responsabilities of
NHRIs

Chapter 4
The Rule of Law and the NHRI

Chapter 5
NHRIs, Development and
Democratic Governance

Chapter 6
Situating NHRI Support in the UN Planning & Programming Process

Chapter 7
Pre-establishment Phase of NHRIs

Chapter 8
Establishing NHRIs

Chapter 9
Consolidation Phase:
Strengthening the Mature NHRI

Chapter 10
Paris Principles and Accreditation

Monitoring by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)



The Constitution authorizes the SAHRC to monitor the social and economic rights guaranteed under the constitutional framework. The SAHRC has established systems for reporting that allow the collection of data from certain governmental organs and has used this data to identify and publish an inventory of state obligations.

Sample reports include: “Report on the Public Hearing on Housing, Evictions, and Repossessions” (2008); “Human Rights Development Report” (2008) and regular reports on the entire range of ESC rights.2

 

 

 

 

 

2 http://www.sahrc.org.za/sahrc_cms/publish/cat_index_41.shtml Accessed August 1 2009.