Jody Kollapen
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Jody Kollapen is a South Africa
n attorney, the commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission
. Prior to joining the Commission in 1996, Kollapen was a member of Lawyers for Human Rights for five years. He coordinated the "release political prisoners" program. He has worked on important cases such as Sharpeville Six
, the Delmas Treason Trial
, and the failure of the Medical and Dental Council to enquire into the behavior of the doctors who treated Steve Biko
.
Kollapen is an extraordinary lecturer in the Centre for Human Rights
at the University of Pretoria
.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n attorney, the commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission
South African Human Rights Commission
The South African Human Rights Commission was inaugurated in October 1995 as an independent national institution. It draws its mandate from the South African Constitution by way of the South African Human Rights Commission Act of 1994....
. Prior to joining the Commission in 1996, Kollapen was a member of Lawyers for Human Rights for five years. He coordinated the "release political prisoners" program. He has worked on important cases such as Sharpeville Six
Sharpeville Six
The Sharpeville Six were six South African protesters convicted of the murder of Deputy Mayor of Sharpeville, Kuzwayo Jacob Dlamini, and sentenced to death....
, the Delmas Treason Trial
Delmas Treason Trial
The Delmas Treason Trial in South Africa was the prosecution of 22 anti-apartheid activists under security laws, with the intention of suppressing the United Democratic Front . The defendants included three senior UDF leaders, Frank Chikane, Mosiuoa Lekota and Popo Molefe, known as the "Big Three"...
, and the failure of the Medical and Dental Council to enquire into the behavior of the doctors who treated Steve Biko
Steve Biko
Stephen Biko was a noted anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. A student leader, he later founded the Black Consciousness Movement which would empower and mobilize much of the urban black population. Since his death in police custody, he has been called a martyr of the...
.
Kollapen is an extraordinary lecturer in the Centre for Human Rights
Centre for Human Rights
The University of Pretoria Faculty of Law was established in 1908 and consists of five academic departments, six centers, a law clinic and it's own publisher the Pretoria University Law Press...
at the University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria is a multi campus public research university located in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa...
.
External links
- "SA's new human rights chief" Southafrica.info