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This interview is part of the Institute's "Conversations with History" series, and uses Internet technology to share with the public Berkeley's distinction as a global forum for ideas.
Welcome to a Conversation with History. Our guest today is Justice Albie Sachs, a member of the South African Constitutional Court. Justice Sachs is the 1998 Regents' Lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley. Justice Sachs was a leader in the struggle for human rights in South Africa and a freedom fighter in the African National Congress. Twice he was detained without trial by the security police under the Apartheid regime. He describes his detention in The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, which was made into a play in London. He is also the author of numerous books on issues of gender, the law and human rights, and most recently he wrote The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter, which is an account of his recovery from an attempt by the South African security forces to kill him. He now serves on the South African Constitutional Court.
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