HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS SOUTH …

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Report 2000 Background Paper HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTRY STUDY Sandra Liebenberg 1. Introduction 2. Apartheid and its legacy HUMAN RIGHTS violations under apartheid The legacy of apartheid 3. Democracy and a New Constitution The interim Constitution The final Constitution HUMAN RIGHTS in the final Constitution 4. Dealing with the Past - The Truth and Reconciliation Commission 5. SOUTH africa and International HUMAN RIGHTS Law The influence of international HUMAN RIGHTS law on the Bill of RIGHTS Interpreting HUMAN RIGHTS in SOUTH africa Becoming a party to HUMAN RIGHTS treaties Giving effect to international law in SOUTH africa International conferences and programmes of action 6. Giving Effect to HUMAN RIGHTS - The Role of the State Laws, policies and programmes a) Labour b) Housing c) Land d) The Environment e) Gender Equality f) Equality, access to information and just administrative action g) Programmes to advance access to water and health care services The challenges of implementation 7.

Human rights developments under the new democratic government in South Africa can only be understood and appreciated against the historical background of colonialism and apartheid. These regimes violated the full spectrum of human rights recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).

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