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A lecture by Justice Albie Sachs, formerly from the Constitutional Court of South Africa.

Justice Albie Sachs was appointed to the Constitutional Court of South Africa by in 1994 and retired in October 2009. Justice Sachs is recognized for the development of the differentiation between constitutional rights in three different degrees or generations of rights: from classic civil and political rights to housing, health, education, welfare and the rights of future generations. In this lecture, Justice Sachs will discuss the enforcement of social, economic and environmental rights in the judicial context. The key problem regarding the enforcement of these rights is not necessarily a question of judicial legitimacy. The real difficulty is most often the institutional capacity of courts to enforce rights. Courts are institutionally unsuited to take decisions on houses, hospitals and schools. However, courts are also inherently concerned with questions of human dignity and oppression. According to Justice Sachs 'both freedom and bread are necessary for the all-round human being. Instead of undermining each other, they are related and interdependent.' The fundamental right to human dignity underlies the enforcement of social, economic and environmental rights. Justice Sachs will discuss how courts have and can enforce these rights in a manner consistent with human dignity as well as the institutional limitations of the judiciary.

This lecture is organised by the Centre de Recherche en Droit Public and the 缅北强奸 School of Environment, in collaboration with the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law. For more information, please contact Patrick Reynaud at preynaud [at] cisdl.org

Entry is free.