Human Rights Day – 21 March 2010

Image: Flickr, Bob Adams
Image: Flickr, Bob Adams

On 21 March, South Africa will celebrate Human Rights Day. The date marks the 50th anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, when scores of demonstrators were killed and wounded by police during an anti-pass protest.

The South African Institute of International Affairs has recently produced several papers investigating the role of human rights in foreign policy.  Some of these pieces are available for download below:

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