Abstract
In 1988, during the waning days of apartheid in South Africa, I was a young American lawyer working for South African Lawyers for Human Rights in Pretoria. On one occasion, I accompanied some of my African colleagues to a conference, the purpose of which was to begin visualizing post-apartheid South Africa. While the apartheid regime was still in power, it was clearly in hasty retreat, and it was equally clear that its days were numbered. The African majority would soon be taking over the reigns of power, and they were excited to begin visualizing what freedom and human rights might and should look like in post-apartheid South Africa.
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Akerson, David
(2010)
"A Positive View of the Trajectory of the Human Rights Movement,"
Human Rights & Human Welfare: Vol. 10:
Iss.
6, Article 2.
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https://digitalcommons.du.edu/hrhw/vol10/iss6/2
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