Human Rights Lexicon
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Index of Doctrines, Norms, Principles, Maxims, Laws…
Last Updated: July 26, 2024Apartheid Apartheid, a word Afrikaans for “apartness,” wasn’t simply a policy of segregation; it was a systematic and brutal system of oppression that denied fundamental rights to the majority population of South Africa. While roots of racial discrimination existed long before, Apartheid became a codified crime against humanity in 1948 with the rise of the...