Submission on the Suitability of Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng for Appointment as Chief Justice of South Africa

SECTION27 made this submission on behalf of Sonke Gender Justice, The Equality Project and the Treatment Action Campaign on the suitability of Justice Mogoeng as Chief Justice of South Africa. The submission begins by setting out why organisations represented by SECTION27 have an interest in making submissions on the suitability of Justice Mogoeng for appointment of Chief Justice. Thereafter they consider the positions adopted by Justice Mogoeng in the superior court decisions under the following two headings: Justice Mogoeng’s approach to sexual orientation and Justice Mogoeng’s approach to gender-based violence.