South Africa will subscribe to the UDHR

Date: 24 May 1994
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

SA's newly inaugurated state president, Nelson Mandela, announced in his first State of the Nation Address to Parliament that South Africa will subscribe to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and accede to human rights conventions of the United Nations (UN). Click here to read Nelson Mandela state of Nation Address

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01O’Malley, State of the Nation Address 1994 ”“ Mandela,[Online], Avaliable at www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed 23 May 2013]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). South Africa will subscribe to the UDHR. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013164

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"South Africa will subscribe to the UDHR." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013164. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "South Africa will subscribe to the UDHR." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013164.