cr~r., ACHPR · I African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Human Rights our Collective Responsibility Decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights on Strike Out Communication 795/22 - Liberty Fighters Network and Reyno Dawid de Beer (represented by Reyno Dawid de Beer) v. The Republic of South Africa Summary of facts 1. The Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Secretariat) received a Communication on 6 October 2021, submitted by the Liberty Fighters Network and Reyno Dawid de Beer (the Complainants). 2. The Complaint was lodged against the Republic of South Africa (hereinafter referred to as the Respondent State), a State that became party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Charter) on 9 July 1996. 3. The First Complainant is Liberty Fighters Network, a common law voluntary association, functioning as a non-governmental organisation registered in terms of the laws of the Respondent State, and the Second Complainant is an adult male citizen of the Respondent State. The Second Complainant is also the legal representative of the association. 4. According to the Complainants, on 15 March 2020, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, declared a national state of disaster after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of Section 27 of the Disaster Management Act, 2002. 5. The Complainants state that on 18 March 2020, the same Minister promulgated the Disaster Management Act Regulations (hereinafter called the Regulations) specific to the pandemic. 6. However, the Complainants allege that the Regulations threshold, resulting in grave human rights violations.