Cathi Albertyn | |
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| Occupation | Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Cape Town (BA, LLB) University of Cambridge (MPhil, PhD) |
| Thesis | A critical analysis of political trials in South Africa 1948–1988 (1991) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Constitutional law |
| Main interests | Human rights, equality and social justice, gender |
Catherine Hester Albertyn is a South African academic who is a professor of law at the University of the Witwatersrand, where she holds the South African Research Chair in Equality, Law and Social Justice. Known for her work in constitutional law, she has been a professor at the university since 2001 and formerly ran its Centre for Applied Legal Studies between 2001 and 2007. She has also served as a commissioner at the Commission for Gender Equality and the South African Law Reform Commission.