Solidarity Statement of the Center for Constitutional Rights

The Center for Constitutional Rights makes this statement in solidarity with the people of Abahlali baseMjondolo.

Our organization had the honor of hosting and visiting with leaders of the shack dwellers movement this past summer. We are impressed with the work that the organization has done to make the human right to housing come alive in South Africa.

We are quite sad to hear of the attack on the community and ask that those responsible for these attacks be brought to justice.

Further, we ask that those who have lost their homes due to illegal attack and eviction be given justice and adequate housing.

Finally, we join with our sisters and brothers in continuing to work for the day when the human rights of all people will be respected.

The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. http://ccrjustice.org/