Group Rights controversy in South Africa

   Group rights are increasingly put forward as a solution to what is seen as the
growing fragmentation of national states. By legally affirming cultural pluralism,
it is held, states can ensure political stability and at the same time grant individuals
citizenship in a more meaningful way.
  
   Group rights have historically been used both to infringe upon and to facilitate individual rights, and the concept remains controversial.Group rights are not straightforwardly HUMAN RIGHTS because they are group-differentiated rather than universal to all people just by virtue of being human.


   For example, in South Africa under the former Apartheid regime, which classified inhabitants and visitors into racial groups (black, white, coloured and Indian). Rights were awarded on a group basis, creating first and second class citizens.

   I searched a lot about the Apartheid and I found out an article that was published 11 years ago. It talks about Apartheid and post-Apartheid in South Africa. Here is the link:

http://www.jlp.bham.ac.uk/volumes/44/oomen-art.pdf


Read it! It is very interesting :D