Contribution to the 27th session of the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review Submission on the Republic of South Africa

PEN South Africa, PEN Afrikaans and PEN International welcome the opportunity provided by the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights to comment on the climate of human rights in South Africa. This submission focuses in particular on the context of freedom of expression in the country since the last Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 31 May 2012. This submission follows the shadow report submitted by PEN South Africa and PEN International to the 2 nd cycle of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review, dated 20 November 2011.