Cultural Protections – 2000
2000
Minimum Implementation 
On April 10, 2000, the South African government appointed a committee of well-known community leaders and experts to advise the government on cultural, religious and linguistic rights. The committee was “charged to advise the government on the establishment of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic communities.” “As one of the last independent institutions required by the Constitution to be established, the commission’s main functions are to promote respect of the rights of communities as well as to develop peace, tolerance and national unity, among others.”1 The commission has yet to be established.