Question

Discuss FOUR ways in which the South African Constitution protects human rights violation such as freedom of movement, freedom of religion,right to family life and freedom of arbitrary arrest and detention

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Constitution of South Africa contains the Bill of Rights , a human rights charter that protects the civil, political and socio-economic rights of all people in South Africa. The rights in the Bill apply to all law, including the common law , and bind all branches of the government, including the national executive, Parliament, the judiciary, provincial governments and municipal councils. Some provisions, such as those prohibiting unfair discrimination , also apply to the actions of private persons.

South Africa's first bill of rights was contained in Chapter 3 of the transitional Constitution of 1993 , which was drawn up as part of the negotiations to end apartheid . This "interim Bill of Rights", which came into force on 27 April 1994 (the date of the

first non-racial election ), was largely limited to civil and political rights ( negative rights ). [1] The current Bill of Rights, which replaced it on 4 February 1997 (the commencement date of the final Constitution), retained all of these rights and added a number of new positive economic, social and cultural rights.