Our Pro Bono and Human Rights team
contributes to solving South Africa’s developmental challenges by promoting constitutional values and facilitating access to justice for the disadvantaged and vulnerable.
Jacquie Cassette
National Practice Head, Director
Jacquie.Cassette@cdhlegal.Pro Bono & Human Rights
Services
Our practice offers a range of free legal services to individuals, non-profit organisations and other entities engaged in human rights or public interest work. These services include:
- Advice and litigation services for vulnerable individuals.
- Public interest litigation.
- Education on the South African legal system.
- Constitutional law.
- Refugee law.
Our Pro Bono and Human Rights team is externally praised for its depth of resources, capabilities and experience.
- Awarded the Refugee Law Award at the annual 2017 ProBono.Org awards.
- Received the Law Society Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Contribution.
- Our Employment Practice received the 2017 Johannesburg Firm Award in recognition of its dedicated assistance to the SASLAW Pro Bono NPC.
- Shortlisted for the award for the most impactful case at the 2015 ProBono.Org Awards for our contribution to the SAHA/R2K National Key Points matter.
Ranked Practitioners
- Chambers Global 2021 ranked Jacquie Cassette in Band 3 for Administrative & Public Law
The fight against GBV – three new bills
15 February 2021
Undocumented foreign nationals/persons in South Africa to also benefit from the COVID-19 vaccine rollout: nuances to be alive to
15 February 2021
The Pro Bono & Human Rights Practice: A year not to be forgotten
10 December 2020
Victory in the SCA for two brothers after a gruelling struggle for their birthright
26 November 2020
The long and winding road | SCA hears appeal in a long battle for citizenship by two of our pro bono clients
16 November 2020
A time for change for victims of sexual offences
26 October 2020
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