Life Orientation project
(DisCrimination and human rights)
Group members
• Oupa Nkoana
• Mogau ngoatoana
• Christin Mmatli
• Angelar mathatho
• Moeletsimolepo
• Hunadi Maphutha
Table of contents
Question 1
1.1.1. DISCRIMINATION
• Refers to unfair or unequal treatment of an individual or group based on
certain characteristics,including age, disability and ethnicity.
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EXAMPLE: An employee has a lower pay than a colleague of the opposite sex with
the same or equivalent work (sex discrimination).
1.1.2. HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION
• The disallowance of the freedom of thought and movement to which all
humans legally have a right.([Link])
EXAMPLE: Failure to ensure a minimum wage sufficient for a decent living (rights to
work). ([Link])
[Link] OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION
• Economic
• Social
• Cultural
• Civil and political
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What a person possesses by complying with what they are obligated to adhere to
Example: Everyone has a right to live in an environment that is safe for their health
and well-being.
OBLIGATION
It can be a law that is set for a person to adhere to.
Example: Everyone must keep the environment clean and they must not pollute it.
They must not contaminate it.
1.4. ORGANIZATION’S MISSIONS ADDRESSING DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
• People Against Suffering, Suppression,Oppression and Poverty (PASSOP)
This grassroots non-profit works in Cape Town, South Africa, and focuses on the
rights of refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers.
Founded in 2007 by Zimbabweans living in South Africa, the organisation was a
response to asylum seekers fleeing Robert Mugabe and the xenophobia these
vulnerable people encountered.
• Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR)
Founded in 1979, the Pretoria-based Lawyers for Human Rights began as an
organization fighting human rights abuse and oppression under apartheid
They have three main purposes: to be a human rights advocate and constitutional
watchdog; to be an international force in developing human rights; and to contribute
to improved policies on rights for the disadvantaged.
• Centre for Human Rights
In 1986, the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Law established the Centre Human
Rights. It serves as an academic department and an NGO focused on human rights
education.
It was one of the few institutions within South Africa to speak against apartheid
abuses, and in 1994, it served as a technical adviser during the writing of the
Constitution. In 2006, it was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights
Education.
1.5. EFFECTIVENESS OF PROJECTS ORGANISATIONS ENGAGE IN
• In November 2007, PASSOP set the tone for its protest activism in its
advocacy for the refugees who were forced to wait in massive queues outside
of Cape Town's Department of Home Affairs Refugee Center. At that time, the
Department of Home Affairs processed only 20 asylum applications daily,
while 600 to 2,000 refugees camped outside the department in a queue
circling the block.
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1.6. MEDIA
