Images of Human Rights print portfolio

The Images of Human Rights portfolio, consisting of 29 fine art prints by 27 South African artists from the country’s nine provinces, depicts artistic impressions of each of the 27 fundamental Bill of Rights listed in the Constitution, including a front and back cover. The images are diverse in their creative approaches. Volunteers drawn from human rights and art related organisations such as Amnesty International South Africa, the Black Sash, the Durban Art Gallery and the Lawyers for Human Rights worked together to produce the portfolio and market it both nationally and internationally. The intent behind the publishing of the portfolio in 1996, by the Artists for Human Rights Trust, was to raise awareness of South Africa’s artistic talent while endorsing the positive values of human rights education, shortly after the Constitution came into effect.

A portfolio was given to Judge Albie Sachs when he opened the exhibition of the Images of Human Rights portfolio at the Durban Art Gallery on the 10th of December 1997 (International Human Rights Day).

Another set was donated to the CCAC by the Artists for Human Rights Trust in 2021.

The portfolio is also displayed as a window application to the facade of the Constitutional Court.