Lawyers for Human Rights

NGO · Pretoria, South Africa

Verified on 3 August 2026

A South African human rights NGO that provides free legal services to vulnerable, marginalised and indigent people through its law clinics, focusing on refugee and migrant rights, land and housing, penal reform, environmental rights and gender equality.

Lawyers for Human Rights is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Pretoria, South Africa. Areas of work: housing and tenancy, immigration and asylum, refugee rights, criminal and prisoners' rights, civil rights and discrimination. Languages: English.

Areas

• Housing & tenancy
• Immigration & asylum
• Refugee rights
• Criminal & prisoners' rights
• Civil rights & discrimination
• Human rights
• Women's rights

Languages

English

Other structures in Pretoria

• Disability Rights Unit, Centre for Human Rights
• Law Society of South Africa
• Pro Bono legal services (Law Society of South Africa)
• University of Pretoria Law Clinic

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