Edwin Cameron has been a judge in South Africa for nearly 25 years, and a Justice of its highest court, the Constitutional Court, for the last ten years. He was educated at Pretoria Boys’ High School, Stellenbosch and as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. During apartheid he was a human rights lawyer. President Mandela appointed him a judge in 1994. Before the Constitutional Court, he was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal for eight years, and a Judge of the High Court for six. He was a fierce critic of President Mbeki’s AIDS-denialist policies. He has written two prize-winning memoirs, Witness to AIDS (2005) and Justice: A Personal Account (2014). He has received many honours for his legal and human rights work.

In the following interview, Justice Edwin Cameron of South Africa’s Constitutional Court talks to PBS News Hour senior correspondent Jeffrey Brown about the symbolism and importance of the Constitutional Court Art Collection and the need to preserve it. Click to view interview.