Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with John Dugard, 1999
Creator: | Dugard, John, 1936- | Project: | Carnegie Corporation project. Pt. 2. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | transcript: 30 pages video file : digital preservation master, mxf files sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteHuman rights lawyer
Scope and ContentsChildhood background as origin of anti-apartheid stance; establishment of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies [CALS] in 1978: funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and others, foundation support of public interest law programs in South Africa; CALS structure; CALS' activities: academic research, publishing articles on human rights violations, labor relations litigation, Group Areas Act and pass laws: setting up and managing Lawyers for Human Rights to provide free legal assistance in the pass courts, legal advice to black trade unions, publication of decisions of the Publications Appeal Board; press relations; CALS' work during the state of emergency 1980s; impact of CALS and the Legal Resources Centre [LRC]: challenging apartheid legislation in the court, generating and increasing concern among South African judges for human rights issues, challenges to emergency regulations; end of apartheid as surprise; challenges for South Africa's future: continuing work of nongovernmental organizations like LRC and CALS, ensuring advancement of constitutional protections and basic rights by the Constitutional Court, public interest law
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