SA: Human Rights Festival confirms 2022 dates

The festival coincides with Human Rights Day in South Africa and will feature music performances, exhibitions, film, poetry and theatre. Confirmed music acts include Solidarity Express, Ms Party and Vusi Mahlasela.

The Human Rights Festival is free to the public to attend. This year’s instalment will encourage attendees to interrogate their own beliefs and values and to examine what they are doing to help create a just society.

“The festival’s mission is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place,” Constitution Hill CEO Dawn Robertson said. “It nurtures a culture of human rights activism by engaging, facilitating and catalysing us to take action. The Human Rights Festival is where we come together to take a stand.”

UN office of the high commissioner for human rights representative Abigail Noko said: “The diverse voices represented through the festival’s numerous platforms are a vibrant reflection of the action we need to realise human rights for all in South Africa. We must support and build a constituency for human rights and each one of us has a role to play.”

As part of the festival, Constitution Hill will offer free public tours on 21 March to acknowledge the immense sacrifices that were made by South Africans during the liberation struggle.

For more information, visit the Human Rights Festival official website.