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THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRATIZATION IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER THE NEW SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION

THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRATIZATION IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER THE NEW... 1. INTRODUCTION "Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfil themselves. Never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. Let freedom reign. The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement. God bless Africa." Nelson Mandela, I Thus, with these words, the world's most famous former prisoner, incarcerated for more than 27 years by the apartheid regime, and freed on 11 February 1990, took the oath of office as the first democratically elected President of the Republic of South Africa. All peace-loving people around the world rejoiced as they watched the new dawn of freedom shine on yet another spot on the face of this earth. The values of human dignity for all South Africans, without regard to race, colour, creed, religious affiliation or sex, but based on a just and fair system and the rule of law, were now http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Yearbook of International Law Online Brill

THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRATIZATION IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER THE NEW SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION

African Yearbook of International Law Online , Volume 5 (1): 16 – Jan 1, 1997
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1. INTRODUCTION "Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfil themselves. Never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. Let freedom reign. The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement. God bless Africa." Nelson Mandela, I Thus, with these words, the world's most famous former prisoner, incarcerated for more than 27 years by the apartheid regime, and freed on 11 February 1990, took the oath of office as the first democratically elected President of the Republic of South Africa. All peace-loving people around the world rejoiced as they watched the new dawn of freedom shine on yet another spot on the face of this earth. The values of human dignity for all South Africans, without regard to race, colour, creed, religious affiliation or sex, but based on a just and fair system and the rule of law, were now

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Published: Jan 1, 1997

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