In this week’s post, Sandra Liebenberg unpacks her recent CCR article, which examines how the interpretation and adjudication of socio-economic rights can advance reparative justice in response to the deep patterns of socio-economic disadvantage and inequality produced by historical injustices such as colonialism and apartheid.

In this week’s post, Elizabeth Graham demonstrates how in light of the prevailing conflict, catastrophic humanitarian crisis and international neglect, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Sudan can play an essential and life-saving role in advancing fundamental economic and social rights such as the right to an adequate standard of living, access to food, medicine and other life-saving services.

In the 25 years since the South African Constitution was signed into law, what progress have we made — and what will it take to attain the constitutional vision of a free, equal and dignified life for all?