Johann van der Westhuizen is a judge in the Constitutional Court

Constitutional Court of South Africa

The Constitutional Court of South Africa was established in 1994 by South Africa's first democratic constitution: the Interim Constitution of 1993. In terms of the 1996 Constitution the Constitutional Court established in 1994 continues to hold office. The court began its first sessions in February...

 of South Africa

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...

. He was appointed to the bench in 2004 by Thabo Mbeki

Thabo Mbeki

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician who served two terms as the second post-apartheid President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. He is also the brother of Moeletsi Mbeki...

. He was previously a professor a the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law and the founding director of 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...

. He currently sits on the board of the Centre for Human Rights and the University of Pretoria Council..

Accolades

He was awarded the Pretoria Bar Council Grotius medal for best final-year law student at the University of Pretoria, Alexander von Humboldt fellowship and the Southern Africa Research Program fellowship to Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

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