Albie Sachs
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Albie Sachs is a South African anti-apartheid activist, former Constitutional Court judge, and prominent human rights lawyer known for his role in shaping South Africa’s post-apartheid constitution.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Albie Sachs canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Constitutional Court judge
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anti-apartheid activist ⓘ human ⓘ human rights activist ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Nelson Mandela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedTo | Constitutional Court of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Alan Paton Award
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Order of Luthuli in Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang Prize in Rule of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | South Africa ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1935-01-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Cape Town
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University of London ⓘ |
| endTime | 2009 (service on Constitutional Court of South Africa) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish South African ⓘ |
| familyName | Sachs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anti-apartheid movement
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constitutional law ⓘ human rights law ⓘ |
| givenName | Albert Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | art collection of the Constitutional Court of South Africa (as initiator and curator) ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-apartheid
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constitutionalism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for human rights
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helping draft South Africa’s post-apartheid constitution ⓘ jurisprudence on equality and human dignity ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Afrikaans
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf | African National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | anti-apartheid movement ⓘ |
| name | Albie Sachs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | survived a car-bomb attack by South African security forces in Mozambique in 1988 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Justice in South Africa
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Protecting Human Rights in a New South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter NERFINISHED ⓘ The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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lawyer ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Vanessa September NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1994 (appointment to Constitutional Court of South Africa) ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cape Town
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Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Maputo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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