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'we hold these truths to be self evident...'

Thomas Jefferson's words.

immortalised in the American Declaration of

Independence of 1776.

encapsulate the conviction that has motivated human rights proponents throughout time. Our photo essay commemorates a watershed in the history ot the human rights movement. 40 years ago,

when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We contrast some of the Declaration's articles with photographs, some of

which convey why South Africa ranks with the reprobate nations of the world on international human rights ratings.

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ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE BORN FREE ANDEfllirtL IN

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Young dancers outside Pottsmoor prison celebrate the wedding of Irene and Wilton Mawayi* inside PoUsmoor,

Photographs selected by Gill de Vlieg Calligraphy by Tessa Scott

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Riot polite form up on the opposite side of the road to sitting students making peace signs outside the University of Cape Town.

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EMPLOXMENI TO TU5T AND F A V O U R CONDITIONS OF WORK

AND TO PROTECTION AQAIN5T UN WLOYMEN T ARTICLE 25(1)

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EVERYONE HA5 THE RIGHT TO A STANDARD Of

LIVING ADEQUATE FOR HEALTH AND WEUiBEINC 0FHER5ELF M ) 0 F HER FAMILY /ARTICLE 25(1 J

MOTHERHOOD AND ( M O O D ARE ENTITLED T05PKIAL CARE AMDA55I5TANCE... ARTICLE 2 5 (2)

A mother comforts her child suffering from gastro enteritis, an it/ness (hat contributes significantly to South Africa's infant mortality rate.

'we hold these truths to be self evident...'