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Justice Yvonne Mokgoro has been a judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa since its establishment in 1994. She has written some of the Court’s major ESCR judgements in recent years, including Khosa and Others v Minister of Social Development [2004] ZACC 11, a landmark decision which extended the right of access to social security to permanent residents. Justice Mokgoro is also Chair of the South African Law Reform Commission and has been President of Africa Legal Aid, a non-governmental organisation which provides legal aid and human rights education throughout Africa. She is a Professor of Law and a recipient of many honours, including the Women's Law and Public Law Fellowship by Georgetown University Law Centre, the Human Rights Award by the Black Lawyers Association, the Legal Profession's Woman Achiever Award by the Centre for Human Rights and the Kate Stoneman Democracy Award. Her areas of interest and expertise include women's rights, children's rights and economic, social and cultural rights.