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A proposed amendment to South Africa’s eviction law could weaken protections for people facing eviction, expand the criminalisation of land and housing occupation, and expose those supporting affected communities to criminal penalties.

A collective of ESCR-Net members and allied organizations filed a written submission in response to Argentina’s request for an advisory opinion on the right to care made to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR). The prospective advisory opinion represents a groundbreaking opportunity for an international human rights court to recognize the right to care, which implies the recognition of care work as the work that sustains life in all its facets and the proper functioning of society.