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Dumisa Ntsebeza

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Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza is a South African lawyer and political activist born October 31, 1949, in Cala, in the former Transkei. He rose to prominence in the 1990s as Commissioner and head of the investigative unit of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and later served as a commissioner on the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur. In 2005 he became the first African to be conferred silk in the history of the Cape Bar. He was appointed a judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, and completed his law degree while imprisoned for anti apartheid political activity in the 1970s.

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Role
Lawyer and political activist 1
Nationality / Jurisdiction
South African 1
Born
1949 2
Birth Date
1949-10-31 2
Birthplace
Transkei 2
Classification
Field of Law
Human Rights Law 1
Gender
Male 1
Role
Role (category)
Lawyer 1
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1. Dumisa Ntsebeza (Wikipedia)
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  • Introduction, gender
    He was a member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
  • Introduction, role
    Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza is a South African lawyer and political activist.
  • Introduction, nationality
    Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza is a South African lawyer and political activist.
  • Full article, field of law
    From 1993 he taught the law of evidence and criminal law and from 1995, human rights law at Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha.
  • In Legal System: South African Law, Wikipedia lead sentence
    is a South African lawyer and political activist
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2. Wikidata: Dumisa Ntsebeza
  • Wikidata Q11856364, P569 date of birth claim (year)
    P569 (date of birth): 1949
  • Wikidata Q11856364, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
    P569 (date of birth): 1949-10-31
  • Wikidata Q11856364, P19 place of birth claim
    P19 (place of birth): Transkei
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