Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA AG2413
Title
Human Rights Committee records
Date(s)
- 1984 - 1994 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Extent99 boxes
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection consists mainly of press cuttings which provide an excellent overview of the 1980s (particularly the latter half of this period) and the early 1990s.
Correspondence and reports generated by the Human Rights Commission, Legal Firms and other extra parliamentary organisations engaged in the struggle for human rights are included in the collection.
The material provides vital insights into key areas such as Capital Punishment, Detention, Political Prisoners and Trials, Restriction Orders slapped on ex- detainees, Right Wing Attacks etc.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Historical Papers Research Archive, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa