Karthy Govender is a commissioner for 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....

. Karthy Govender, along with Commissioner Jody Kollapen

Jody Kollapen

Jody Kollapen is a South African 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...

 are two Commissioners of minority South African Tamil

Tamil South Africans

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 ancestry. Karthy Govender is also an associate professor in the Law Faculty at the University of KwaZulu-Natal

University of KwaZulu-Natal

The University of KwaZulu-Natal or UKZN is a university with five campuses all located in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville.-History:-University of...

, where he teaches Constitutional and Administrative Law. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Michigan Law School

University of Michigan Law School

The University of Michigan Law School is the law school of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Founded in 1859, the school has an enrollment of about 1,200 students, most of whom are seeking Juris Doctor or Master of Laws degrees, although the school also offers a Doctor of Juridical...

. He has widely published in literature on Constitutional law.

External links

• Karthy Govender Website