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Johann Van der Westhuizen

Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa


in Namibia

Johann van der Westhuizen is Justice of the Constitutional court of South Africa, since 2004. The founding director of the University of Pretoria Centre for Human Rights from 1986 to 1998. The Centre played an important role in legal resistance and is now internationally recognized as a leading human rights institution in Africa.


Johann Van der Westhuizen's Professional details

Current Position(s)

Previous Position(s)

Founding Director | Centre for Human Rights |
South Africa | 1986 - 2010

Government, Public Administration and Defence

associate member | Pretoria Bar
1989 - 1998
Professor | Faculty of Law, Department of Legal History, Comparative Law and Legal Philosophy |
South Africa | 1980 - 1998

Government, Public Administration and Defence

Head |
South Africa | 1980 - 1994

Government, Public Administration and Defence

Educational history

Tertiary

University of Pretoria

Completed 1980

Doctor of Law

Completed 1976

Admitted as Advocate

University of Pretoria

Completed 1975

Bachelor of Laws

University of Pretoria

Completed 1973

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Achievements

Awards

Southern Africa Research Program fellowship | Yale University

Research Bursary | Alexander von Humboldt fellowship

Grotius medal - best final-year law student | Pretoria Bar Council to the University of Pretoria

Activities

Memberships

University of Pretoria's council

Board Member

Board of Trutees of its Centre for Human Rights.

Board Member


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