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Article: Developing human rights competencies for South African health professional graduates.(Editorial)
- Article from:
- South African Medical Journal
- Article date:
- December 1, 2007
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Human rights are social or material entitlements which are recognised universally in national and international law and that address fundamental human needs. They inhere in all people by virtue of their humanity, and represent a standard to which governments can be held accountable. Not surprisingly, South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), following its investigation into health sector complicity in human rights abuses under the apartheid system, recommended that human rights training be made central to the mission of institutions responsible for educating future generations of health professionals. (1-3) Subsequently, the increasing complexity of ...