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Cathi Albertyn

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In 2001, Albertyn was promoted to become full professor and overall director of CALS. While she was still holding that position, in 2005, the
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Albertyn left her position at CALS at the end of April 2007, but she remained a professor at Wits and also became a commissioner at the
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Albertyn co-founded the Reproductive Rights Alliance while she was at CALS. She has also served on the executive board of the
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and law in 1984 and a PhD in law in 1992. While completing her PhD, in 1991, Albertyn was admitted as an attorney of the
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in Equality, Law and Social Justice. The chair is hosted by Wits, where she remains a professor of law.
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in 1997, and she was hired by Wits as an associate professor of law in 1999.
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Albertyn is rated a B1-level researcher by the NRF. Her research focuses on
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A critical analysis of political trials in South Africa 1948–1988
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Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution
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is a South African academic who is a professor of law at the
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in Equality, Law and Social Justice. Known for her work in
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Academic staff of the University of the Witwatersrand
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Thereafter she attended the 7: 232:Constitutional Court of South Africa 565:"Celebrating people and excellence" 243:South African Law Reform Commission 157:South African Law Reform Commission 675:21st-century South African lawyers 670:20th-century South African lawyers 605:at University of the Witwatersrand 409:Maclennan, Ben (18 October 2005). 318:Academy of Science of South Africa 14: 201:Centre for Applied Legal Studies 273:. An article by Albertyn about 215:appointed her to the inaugural 205:University of the Witwatersrand 195:University of the Witwatersrand 141:University of the Witwatersrand 36:University of the Witwatersrand 640:University of Cape Town alumni 283:Mahlangu v Minister of Labour. 217:Commission for Gender Equality 153:Commission for Gender Equality 1: 650:South African women academics 680:South African legal scholars 316:Albertyn is a member of the 251:South African Research Chair 247:National Research Foundation 145:South African Research Chair 277:, published in 2018 in the 224:Judicial Service Commission 701: 488:"Civil society: Academics" 189:High Court of South Africa 137:Catherine Hester Albertyn 130: 41: 596:publications indexed by 179:, where she received an 492:The Mail & Guardian 415:The Mail & Guardian 249:(NRF) appointed her as 238:was appointed instead. 177:University of Cambridge 169:University of Cape Town 68:University of Cambridge 55:University of Cape Town 143:, where she holds the 16:South African academic 230:'s empty seat on the 655:Women legal scholars 609:2019 audio interview 349:"Catherine Albertyn" 275:substantive equality 46:Academic background 520:. 23 December 2015 468:. 27 November 2020 263:constitutional law 149:constitutional law 103:Constitutional law 571:. 3 November 2023 228:Arthur Chaskalson 134: 133: 34:Professor at the 692: 581: 580: 578: 576: 561: 555: 554: 552: 550: 536: 530: 529: 527: 525: 510: 504: 503: 501: 499: 484: 478: 477: 475: 473: 458: 452: 451: 449: 447: 432: 426: 425: 423: 421: 406: 400: 399: 397: 395: 385:"Cathi Albertyn" 381: 364: 363: 361: 359: 345: 167:She entered the 21: 700: 699: 695: 694: 693: 691: 690: 689: 615: 614: 590: 585: 584: 574: 572: 569:Wits University 563: 562: 558: 548: 546: 538: 537: 533: 523: 521: 512: 511: 507: 497: 495: 494:. 1 August 2007 486: 485: 481: 471: 469: 466:Wits University 460: 459: 455: 445: 443: 440:Wits University 434: 433: 429: 419: 417: 408: 407: 403: 393: 391: 389:Wits University 383: 382: 367: 357: 355: 347: 346: 331: 326: 314: 290: 288:Other positions 271:gender equality 259: 197: 165: 66: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 698: 696: 688: 687: 682: 677: 672: 667: 662: 657: 652: 647: 642: 637: 632: 627: 617: 616: 613: 612: 606: 603:Cathi Albertyn 600: 598:Google Scholar 594:Cathi Albertyn 589: 588:External links 586: 583: 582: 556: 531: 505: 479: 453: 427: 401: 365: 328: 327: 325: 322: 313: 310: 289: 286: 267:social justice 258: 255: 213:Nelson Mandela 196: 193: 164: 161: 132: 131: 128: 127: 121:social justice 110: 109:Main interests 106: 105: 100: 96: 95: 91: 90: 82: 76: 75: 52: 48: 47: 43: 42: 39: 38: 32: 28: 27: 25:Cathi Albertyn 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 697: 686: 683: 681: 678: 676: 673: 671: 668: 666: 663: 661: 658: 656: 653: 651: 648: 646: 643: 641: 638: 636: 633: 631: 628: 626: 625:Living people 623: 622: 620: 610: 607: 604: 601: 599: 595: 592: 591: 587: 570: 566: 560: 557: 545: 541: 535: 532: 519: 515: 509: 506: 493: 489: 483: 480: 467: 463: 457: 454: 442:. 18 May 2018 441: 437: 431: 428: 416: 412: 405: 402: 390: 386: 380: 378: 376: 374: 372: 370: 366: 354: 350: 344: 342: 340: 338: 336: 334: 330: 323: 321: 319: 312:Other honours 311: 309: 307: 303: 299: 295: 287: 285: 284: 280: 276: 272: 268: 264: 256: 254: 252: 248: 244: 239: 237: 236:Bess Nkabinde 233: 229: 225: 220: 218: 214: 210: 206: 202: 194: 192: 190: 186: 182: 178: 174: 170: 162: 160: 158: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 129: 126: 122: 118: 114: 111: 107: 104: 101: 97: 94:Academic work 92: 88: 87: 83: 81: 77: 73: 69: 64: 60: 56: 53: 49: 44: 40: 37: 33: 29: 22: 19: 573:. 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University of the Witwatersrand
University of Cape Town
BA
LLB
University of Cambridge
MPhil
Thesis
A critical analysis of political trials in South Africa 1948–1988
Constitutional law
Human rights
equality
social justice
gender
University of the Witwatersrand
South African Research Chair
constitutional law
Commission for Gender Equality
South African Law Reform Commission
University of Cape Town
LLB
University of Cambridge
MPhil
criminology
High Court of South Africa
Centre for Applied Legal Studies
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg
Nelson Mandela
Commission for Gender Equality
Judicial Service Commission

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