Lawyers for Human Rights

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is an independent human rights organisation with a 45-year track record of human rights activism, public interest litigation, and advocacy in South Africa. LHR provides free legal representation to vulnerable, marginalised, and indigent individuals and communities, both non-national and South African, whose human rights have been violated. LHR’s Statelessness Unit, established in 2011, dedicated to promoting and protecting the right to nationality across South Africa and the Southern African region. Through direct legal assistance, strategic litigation, research, advocacy, and awareness-raising, LHR’s Statelessness Unit strives to eliminate statelessness, ensure universal access to citizenship, and uphold the rights of those affected by statelessness.