Concept paper: awards to recognise those contributing to the celebration of the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities in South Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Research report- client
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.A.Bentley
KEYWORDS: CULTURAL PLURALISM, HUMAN RIGHTS
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2517
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8094
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8094
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.A.Bentley
KEYWORDS: CULTURAL PLURALISM, HUMAN RIGHTS
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2517
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8094
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8094
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Abstract
This short paper was commissioned by the newly-appointed Commission for the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities in South Africa. The paper outlines some of the legal instruments and theoretical concepts underlying the notion of these rights, and situates them within the global debate on multiculturalism and conflicts of rights.-
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