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SUMMARY:Social and Economic Rights - A South African Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Zak Yacoob\nFormer Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa\nEvent date: Thursday\, February 14\, 2013\, from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM\nLocation: Room B\, Flavelle House\, Faculty of Law\, University of Toronto \nJudge Yacoob has been a judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. He is married to Anu. The couple have two children. He has been blind for almost all his life. Judge Yacoob became a judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in February 1998 and retired from active service on 31 January 2013. Justice Yacoob was appointed Acting Deputy Chief Justice from 1 February 2012 to 31 May 2012. He wrote the Court’s decision in the Grootboom case involving housing rights under the South African constitution. \nHe attended a special school and attained a law degree at an apartheid university for Indians. In May 2010 he received an LLD honoris causa from the University of Fort Hare\, South Africa. The same degree was conferred upon him by the University of KwaZulu-Natal in April 2011. \nJudge Yacoob practised as an advocate for 25 years. Much of this was concerned with using the law in the struggle against apartheid and for democracy. He was a member of the underground of the African National Congress and other community organisations. He was a member of the Independent Electoral Commission and of the Independent Panel of Experts that advised the National Assembly on the drafting of the South African Constitution. Judge Yacoob has attended dozens of international conferences and workshops on topics as varied as blindness\, children and democracy. \nLink to the Grootboom decision. \nA light lunch will be served. \nFor more workshop information and a copy of the Grootboom decision please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca
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