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Christo van der Rheede’s Human Rights Report Card Launch Address

Christo van der Rheede’s address at the FW de Klerk Foundation Human Rights Report Card for 2024.

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Thank you, Christina. As Christina mentioned, my name is Christo van der Rheede, and I am the Executive Director of the FW de Klerk Foundation.

Esteemed guests, dignitaries, board members, members of the media and those joining us online, all protocols observed. Welcome to the FW de Klerk Foundation’s annual Human Rights Report Card launch. The Human Rights Report Card 2024 examines the state of South Africa’s rights and freedoms during the 2024 calendar year, from 1 January to 31 December 2024. This report is launched annually in honour of Human Rights Day, which falls on 21 March every year – and which is this Friday.

Today’s program will include this welcome address, followed by an explanation of the major developments in 2024 that impacted South Africans’ rights and freedoms. We will then present two in-depth analyses of the team’s findings on some of the most threatened rights, followed by closing remarks from myself as the Foundation’s Executive Director and a question-and-answer session in which we encourage you to participate. The program will conclude at 14:00, after which drinks and refreshments will be served.

The FW de Klerk Foundation engages in several key activities, including actively promoting the rights and freedoms enshrined in the South African Constitution. It also works towards national unity, non-racialism, reconciliation, and the accommodation of cultural and linguistic diversity in South Africa. The Foundation is in the process of compiling the FW de Klerk Archive and endeavours to preserve the legacy of former President FW de Klerk.

One of the most significant parts of his legacy is the Constitution, and for this reason, the Foundation launched the Centre for the Constitutional Transformation of South Africa earlier this year. The Centre documents the process of how South Africa became a constitutional democracy, and we encourage you to undertake a self-tour of it after today’s launch….continue reading this article HERE.

 

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