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Arthur Chaskalson

President of the International Comm. of Jurists


Born 24-11-1931

Arthur Chaskalson is the President of the International Commission of Jurists. He previously served as Chairperson of the Southern Africa Judges Commission and as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Africa.

Contact details

O: (011) 359-7426


Arthur Chaskalson's Professional details

Current Position(s)

President | International Commission of Jurists
Geneva | 2001 - present

Previous Position(s)

Visiting Professor | Columbia University
New York | 2005 - 2005
Chairperson | Southern African Judges Commission
Southern Africa | 2003 - 2005
Chief Justice | Supreme Court of South Africa
2001 - 2005

Other

Chairman | Judicial Services Commission
2001 - 2005
President | The Constitutional Court of South Africa
Johannesburg | 1994 - 2001
Vice-Chairman | Judicial Services Commission
1994 - 2001
Member | Legal Aid Board
1992 - 2000
Consultant | Drafting of the Constitution | African National Congress
1990 - 1994
Member | Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) | University of the Witwatersrand
1979 - 1994
Director | Legal Resources Centre
1978 - 1993
Member | National Bar Exam Board
1979 - 1991
Consultant on the drafting of the constitution | Namibian Constituent Assembly
1989 - 1990
Visiting Professor | Columbia University
New York | 1987 - 1988
Vice-Chairman | General Council of the Bar of South Africa
1982 - 1987
Honorary Professor | Faculty of Law | University of the Witwatersrand
1981 - 1985
Chairman | Johannesburg Bar Council
1982 - 1982
Member | Faculty of Law | University of the Witwatersrand
1979 - 1979
Chairman | Johannesburg Bar Council
1976 - 1976

Educational history

Tertiary

Awarded in 2004

Honorary Doctor of Laws

University of Amsterdam

Awarded in 2002

Honorary Doctor of Laws

University of Port Elizabeth

Awarded in 2002

Honorary Doctor of Laws

Rhodes University

Awarded in 1997

Honorary Doctor of Laws

University of the Witwatersrand

Awarded in 1990

Honorary Doctor of Laws

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Awarded in 1986

Honorary Doctor of Laws

University of the Witwatersrand

Bachelor of Commerce

Achievements

Awards

SAB Leadership Award | SA Breweries

Joint Award of the Peter Gruber Justice Prize | Peter Gruber Foundation

National Honorary Supreme Counsellor of the Baobab (Gold) | SCOB

Sydney & Felicia Kentridge Award for Human Rights | General Council of the Bar of South Africa

Joint Recipient of Human Rights Award | Foundation for Freedom and Human Rights

University of the Witwatersrand Alumni Honour Award

Claude Harris Leon Foundation Award

Premier Group Award for Prestigious Service by a Member of the Faculty of Law at University of the Witwatersrand

Activities

Memberships

Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague

Member, 1999 - present


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