Acts Online
GT Shield

South African Human Rights Commission Act, 2013 (Act No. 40 of 2013)

Notices

South African Human Rights Commission Complaints Handling Procedures

Chapter 3 : Lodging Complaints

6. Who can lodge a complaint

 

Proceedings in terms of these Procedures may be instituted by—

(a) any person acting in his or her own interest;
(b) any person acting on behalf of another person who cannot act in his or her own name;
(c) any person acting as a member of or in the interests of a group or class of persons;
(d) any person acting in the public interest; or
(e) any association or organisation acting in the interest of its members:

Provided that if a child or a person with a mental disability wishes to institute proceedings, he or she must be assisted by a parent, an appropriate adult or a guardian who is not the cause of the alleged violation of a fundamental right.