Southern Africa: Weak Rights Protections

Expand A delegate attends the 37th Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government in Pretoria, South Africa, August 19, 2017. © 2017 Reuters (Johannesburg) - Weak domestic and regional institutions undermined human rights in several Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries during 2019, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2020. Despite commitments to protect human rights in their constitutions, several countries struggled to promote human rights at home...