Albert Louis Sachs, known as Albie Sachs (born 30 January 1935), is a South African lawyer, activist, writer and former judge appointed to the first Constitutional Court of South Africa by Nelson Mandela, serving as a justice from October 1994 to October 2009. He wrote landmark Constitutional Court judgments on prisoners voting rights, same-sex marriage and children rights, and is also known as a human rights advocate who survived a 1988 car bombing that cost him his right arm and the sight in one eye.
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RoleJustice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplaceJohannesburg, South Africa 1 Role
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Unanimous judgment of the Constitutional Court written by Justice Albie Sachs.
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Albert Louis Sachs
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Justice of the Constitutional Court
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a South African lawyer, activist, writer, and former judge
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30 January 1935
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30 January 1935
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Johannesburg at the Florence Nightingale Hospital
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Albert Louis Sachs (born 30 January 1935), known as Albie Sachs, is a South African lawyer, activist, writer, and former judge appointed to the first Constitutional Court of South Africa by Nelson Mandela.
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is a South African lawyer
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The Bill of Rights, now in Chapter Two of the Constitution of South Africa, was largely written by Kader Asmal and Albie Sachs.
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