Constitutional Court Art Collection
The Constitutional Court Trust owns and maintains the Constitutional Court Art Collection (CCAC), an extraordinary collection of artworks, some donated by prominent artists and other benefactors to celebrate the Court’s role in the transition to, and consolidation of, democracy in South Africa, and others integrated into the very fabric of the landmark Constitutional Court building.
Willie Bester, Discussion, 1994 Legal fellowships
Since 1998, the Constitutional Court Trust has administered legal fellowships for the benefit of promising former law clerks and young civil society lawyers who have demonstrated a commitment to human rights, and an intention to continue working in the area of human rights, to study towards a Masters in Law abroad.
2024-25 fellows Nina Lang, Tshegofatso Mothapo and Thomas White in front of the Constitutional Court International clerkships
The CCT facilitates the exchange of clerks between the Constitutional Court of South Africa and courts in neighbouring countries, and the hosting of promising young law graduates from abroad as volunteer foreign clerks in order to promote constitutionalism and the exchange of jurisprudence in order to strengthen the rule of law and judicial independence.
=Bushman Heritage Museum, Freedom [detail], 2007 Access to legal information
The principle that public access to credible information is essential in the forwarding of rule of law and constitutionalism is key to the work of the CCT. Since its establishment, the Constitutional Court Trust has been involved in legal information projects, from raising funds to build and stock the library at the Constitutional Court, to ensuring that the Constitutional Court’s case documentation is available in searchable format to all Internet users.
Established soon after South Africa's transition to democracy, the Constitutional Court Trust (CCT) exists to promote human rights, the rule of law, constitutionalism and judicial independence in the African region - with a special focus on the Constitutional Court of South Africa. It does so through artistic expression, legal fellowship and clerkship programmes, and library initiatives.
