“South Africa’s Constitution: A Personal Journey” Keynote by Edwin Cameron
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Date and Time
- Wednesday, October 14, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Location
Mother Rosalie Hill Hall, Warren Auditorium,116
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Justice Cameron’s lecture will describe his country’s emergence 21 years ago, after centuries of racial oppression, as a constitutional democracy committed to non-racialism, equality, dignity, and social justice. In a deeply personal narrative, he will explain the challenges of crime, corruption, healthcare, education, and institutional malefaction that confront the young democracy, as well as the solid material achievements and soaring aspirations of the world’s most progressive constitution.
Sponsored by:
School of Leadership & Education Sciences
School of Business Administration
School of Law
College of Arts & Sciences
Hahn School of Nursing & Health Sciences
USD International Center
USD Copley Library
The Jane Ellen Bergman Memorial Lecture Series on Women, Children and Human Rights
Edwin Cameron has been a Justice of South African’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, since January 1, 2009. Previously, he was a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal for eight years, and a judge of the High Court for six. He was educated at Pretoria Boys’ High School, Stellenbosch and as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. During apartheid he was a human rights lawyer. President Mandela appointed him a judge in 1994. He was an outspoken critic of President Mbeki’s AIDS-denialist policies and his price-winning memoir, Witness to AIDS, has been published in South Africa, the UK, the US and in translation in Germany and in China. His latest book, Justice: A Personal Account, was published in February 2014. He is involved in many charitable and public causes, and has received many honors for his work.