Shehnaz Meer

Yasmin Shehnaz Meer (born 28 June 1955) is a South African judge. She served as a judge of the Land Claims Court and the Western Cape High Court, and practised as a human rights and public interest lawyer at the Legal Resources Centre before joining the judiciary. Her academic work has examined constitutional rights, public interest litigation and judicial activism. Quotes This paper attempts to examine some aspects of public interest litigation/social action litigation in India, some of the major cases as illustrations of rights litigation in the Indian Supreme Court. South African Journal on Human Rights Judicial activism and creativity, a constitution enshrining fundamental rights and a socially active society imbued with a heightened sense of rights awareness. South African Journal on Human Rights “\Producing evidence is always difficult when you have unsophisticated claimants and they are claiming for land that was dispossessed way back in 1913.”\ Daily Maverick My contribution towards the creation of a human rights jurisprudence during 1983 and 1996. Independent Online External links Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:Judges from South Africa Category:Lawyers from South Africa Category:Human rights activists Category:Women activists from South Africa Category:Women in law Category:Women born in the 1950s