bring it into line with Chapter 3 of the constitution, guaranteeing fundamental human rights to all citizens of South Africa. Bizos was retained as counsel at various inquests into the deaths of people in detention. During the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, he was the leader of the team that opposed applications for amnesty on behalf of the Biko, Hani, Goniwe, Calata, Mkonto, Mhlauli, Slovo and Schoon families. Bizos was appointed by President Mandela to the Judicial Services Commission in 1994. It was responsible for recommending candidates for appointment as judges, as well as proposing post-apartheid reforms to the judicial system. Bizos was the leader of the team for the South African Government to argue that the death penalty was unconstitutional, and counsel for the National Assembly in the Certification of the Constitution by the Constitutional Court. He later served as a legal advisor to Mandela in 2005, during a bitter legal dispute with the latter's former lawyer, Ismail Ayob. He also represented the Chinese Association of South Africa in a case that ended in 2008 in which Chinese South Africans were granted 'previously disadvantaged' status, thus qualifying them for Black Economic Empowerment benefits. Film about Rivonia In 2017 Bizos appeared along with surviving defendants at the Rivonia Trial, Denis Goldberg, Andrew Mlangeni and Ahmed Kathrada, along with fellow defence lawyers Joel Joffe and Denis Kuny, in a documentary film entitled Life is Wonderful, directed by Sir Nicholas Stadlen, which tells the story of the trial. The title reflects Goldberg's words to his mother at the end of the trial on hearing that he and his comrades had been spared the death sentence. Notable people represented Bizos represented the following people, among others: Nelson Mandela, since the 1950s Trevor Huddleston of Sophiatown, 1950s Mac Maharaj in the Little Rivonia Trial Govan Mbeki in the Rivonia Trial in 1963–64 Walter Sisulu in the Rivonia Trial in 1963–64, and afterwards his wife Ahmed Timol's family, regarding his death in detention in 1971 Steve Biko's family, regarding his death in detention in 1977 Neil Aggett's family, regarding his death in detention in 1982 Rob Adam in a trial for involvement in ANC activities, 1982 Patrick Lekota (known as "Terror") and Popo Molefe at the Delmas Treason Trial, 1985–89 Chris Hani's family, during a Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing where Hani's assassins had applied for amnesty Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic