Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Sachs, Albie
Parallel form(s) of name
- Albie Sachs
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Description area
Dates of existence
1935-
History
Albert Louis Sachs was born in Johannesburg in 1935 and became a leading anti-apartheid lawyer and human rights activist, he further helped draft South Africa’s democratic constitution, and as a Constitutional Court judge shaped landmark rulings advancing equality, justice, and human rights while also contributing to art, literature, and architecture.