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Corruption and Human Rights

A conference organised by KAS and the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, HumanRights and International law in collaboration with the Department of Public Law, University of Johannesburg.

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What is the connection between corruption and fundamental rights?

"There can be no gainsaying that corruption threatens to fell at the knees virtually everything

we hold dear and precious in our hard-won constitutional order. It blatantly undermines the

democratic ethos, the institutions of democracy, the rule of law and the foundational values of

our nascent constitutional project. It fuels maladministration and public fraudulence and

imperils the capacity of the state to fulfil its obligations to respect, protect, promote and fulfil

all the rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights. When corruption and organised crime flourish,

sustainable development and economic growth are stunted. And in turn, the stability and

security of society is put at risk (para 166)." (Constitutional Court)

The Constitutional Court further provided some examples of fundamental human

rights that are threatened by corruption, such as ‘the rights to equality, human

dignity, freedom, security of the person, administrative justice and socio-economic

rights, including the rights to education, housing, and health care’ (para 198).

At an international level the link between corruption and human rights has also been

made. Both the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN

Human Rights Council follow a human rights-based approach to anti-corruption

efforts.

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Sunnyside Park Hotel
Princess of Wales Terrace,
2041 Parktown
Republic of South Africa
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Nancy Msibi

Nancy Msibi

Project Manager

nancy.msibi@kas.de +27 (11) 214 2900-110

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South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights & International Law (SAIFAC)