Human Rights

Human Rights Farming Inquiry

Inquiry into Incidence of Human Rights Violations within Farming Communities and Structures to Address the Problem

Chair: Jody Kollapen
Announced: 11 June 2001
Concluded: —

Plain English · why this commission exists

Farm workers in South Africa — especially black farm workers — were being treated very badly. They had very few rights. This inquiry investigated violence, evictions, and abuse on South African farms.

Created under

Human Rights Commission Act 54 of 1994 Section 9(6)

Constitutional basisChapter 9 — SAHRC

Enabling statutory sections

HR Commission Act · Section Section 9(6)Power of the SAHRC to hold inquiriesThe South African Human Rights Commission can set up its own public inquiry into a serious or widespread rights abuse, with the power to call witnesses.

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Key people

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Chair

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Jody KollapenJustice of the Constitutional CourtConstitutional Court of South Africa

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Laws that enabled this commission

HR Commission Act · Section Section 9(6)Power of the SAHRC to hold inquiriesThe South African Human Rights Commission can set up its own public inquiry into a serious or widespread rights abuse, with the power to call witnesses.Human Rights Commission Act